Junior Sous chef

Nan's Kitchen; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Training & development

Company parties

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Free food & snacks

Job summary

Nan's Kitchen is seeking a Junior Sous Chef to bridge the crunch of high-volume service with the craft of farm-to-table cooking. You’ll lead the pass during lunch rushes, mentor cooks, and help shape menus that showcase hyper-seasonal ingredients sourced from local farms.

Expect to train with a team focused on discipline, speed and precision, while maintaining scratch-made standards. The role offers real money compensation and a culture of collaboration and growth.

Qualifications

• Emerging leader ready to step up from the line into management.
• Passion for whole-ingredient, seasonal cooking and local sourcing.
• Maintains high standards of organization, cleanliness and food quality.

Responsibilities

• Mentor line cooks on seasonal prep techniques and station efficiency.
• Assist with inventory, ordering from farm partners, prep lists and food safety discipline.
• Taste-test components to ensure consistency of cult-favorite items and seasonal specials.

Skills

Emerging Leader

Farm-to-Table

Discipline

Job description

Benefits

• Free uniforms


• Health insurance


• Training & development


• Company parties


• Competitive salary


• Dental insurance


• Employee discounts


• Free food & snacks

The Role: Junior Sous Chef | Craft, Crunch, & Chaos

We are a kitchen of two worlds. On one hand, we have a literal cult following for our Fired Chicken. We have regulars who have tattooed our sandwich on their bodies just to secure a Gold Member card for life. When the lunch rush hits, it's high-octane, high-volume, and legendary.

We need a Junior Sous Chef ready to step into leadership: bridging the \"crunch\" of a high-volume, cult-classic line with the \"craft\" of farm-to-table cooking that changes with every season.

Why This Isn't Your Average Sous Chef Job

• Train with the Best: Work side-by-side with our team to master kitchen management, labor control, menu development, and high-level prep.


• Farm-to-Table & Seasonal Agility: Every three months, the game changes. You'll lead the line through hyper-seasonal shifts, food directly from local farms to highlight peak ingredients.


• Step Into Leadership: Command the pass during high-octane lunch rushes, mentor line cooks, and build a culture of discipline, speed, and precision.

Your Daily Hustle

• Team Mentorship: Training line cooks on new seasonal prep techniques, station efficiency, and proper scratch-cooking execution.


• Kitchen Operations: Assisting with inventory, ordering from farm partners, prep lists, and maintaining spotless food safety discipline.


• Quality Control: Taste-testing every component to ensure our cult-favorite items and seasonal specials hit the mark every time.

Who You Are

• An Emerging Leader: You're ready to step up from the line into management, bringing positive energy, clear communication, and leadership under fire.


• A Farm-to-Table Enthusiast: You respect whole-ingredient cooking, seasonal produce changes, and teaching culinary skills to junior cooks.


• You're Disciplined: You maintain the \"Scratch\" Standard, taking pride in your organization, cleanliness, and the consistency of your food.

The Goods

• Real Money: $25 - $30 / hour

Compensation: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Nan's Kitchen

OUR PURPOSE

The purpose of Nan's is to connect communities through the power of agriculture & nutritious food by partnering with local providers and lessening the carbon footprint

OUR VISION

Our vision is to deliver fresh, wholesome, and nostalgic meals to individuals, families and groups. Through responsible & sustainable sourcing practices, our food is grown as close to home as possible, leaving the flavors and nutrients to travel the shortest possible distance from field to fork, resulting in a meal you can… quite literally, \"feel good about\"

CORE VALUES

Respect

For the food, the farmers and our equipment; for each other, our time, feelings, different perspectives and ideas & opinions that are not your own

Integrity

We are scratch made and genuine, integrity is core to how we act, plan, cook, and execute to ensure the highest quality of food & customer service

Intention

With our mission, our flavors, our words and our actions

Collaboration

It takes a village. We celebrate mutual respect for our own weaknesses as well as the strengths & weaknesses of others

Gratitude

For the opportunity to share our delicious food with the community; for the hard work of our friends & teammates, our vendor’s commitment, our opportunity to grow and share knowledge & food with each other