Lead Line Cook: Kitchen Leader & Quality Champion

Soho House & Co; New York (NY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care + 401K

Paid time off

Career development

Soho Impact

Learning & Development

Cookhouse & House Tonic

Team events

Family meal

Job summary

Soho House in New York seeks a Lead Line Cook to assist the Sous Chef and Executives with inventory, staff supervision, and consistent dish execution across stations. The role focuses on quality, speed, and maintaining Soho House standards.

The ideal candidate has 3–4+ years of kitchen leadership, strong communication, and a proactive, flexible approach to shifts including mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Health benefits and growth opportunities are highlighted.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 to 4+ years kitchen experience and proven leader within previous teams.
• Proven ability / experience to manage all stations on the line.
• Food handler’s certificate.
• Strong communicator, collaborator and motivator with ability to build professional relationships with all leaders and kitchen team.
• Proactive, team-player who can work well independently as well as on a team.
• Flexible schedule and ability to work morning, night, weekend and holiday’s (as needed).
• Ability to multitask and work in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Possess a level of creativity to create recipes from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Well-versed on all menu items and able to produce consistent and quality dishes in fast-paced environments.
• Assist with inventory and purchasing to support kitchen operating at a sustainable food cost.
• Overseeing wastage, cooking temps and quality to reduce costs and communicate impact to staff.
• Production and a-la-carte dish execution, including weekend feast ideas and family meals.
• Supervise staff on the line and delegate tasks; manage clock-in/out and breaks.
• Support Executive Chef and Executive Sous with end-of-shift reports and handover sheets.
• Maintain Soho House Standards for service and consistency.
• Influence staff positively and foster a welcoming work environment.
• Train and educate new and existing team members on "Cook House".

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Station management

Food safety

Communication

Multitasking

Flexibility

Creativity

Team player

Job description

Soho House in New York seeks a Lead Line Cook to assist the Sous Chef and Executives with inventory, staff supervision, and consistent dish execution across stations. The role focuses on quality, speed, and maintaining Soho House standards.

The ideal candidate has 3–4+ years of kitchen leadership, strong communication, and a proactive, flexible approach to shifts including mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Health benefits and growth opportunities are highlighted.