Lead Restaurant Sous Chef: Southern Cuisine & Service

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability and Life Insurance

Paid Family Bonding Time

Educational Assistance $1,000/year

Complimentary/Discounted Hyatt Room N

Free Meals in Colleague Dining Room

401(k) with Employer Match

Wellbeing resources (Headspace & EAP)

Job summary

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is seeking an experienced Restaurant Sous Chef to lead culinary operations at Moss and Oak Eatery, our Coffee Shop, and In-Room Dining in Savannah. The role emphasizes Southern-inspired cuisine, cast-iron techniques, and collaboration with front-of-house teams to deliver outstanding guest experiences.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, organizational and time-management skills, with a track record of driving quality, consistency and guest satisfaction in a

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years culinary hotel leadership.
• Culinary degree is preferred.
• Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily kitchen operations, ensuring consistency and excellence in food quality and presentation.
• Develop and execute creative menus that reflect the restaurant concept and culinary trends.
• Learn food costs, inventory, and vendor relationships to assist with maintaining budgetary goals.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards.
• Collaborate with front-of-house teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences.
• Manage culinary colleagues through scheduling, payroll, training, coaching, evaluating and hiring.
• Manage other key culinary leadership roles including Supervisors.
• Lead, inspire and coach the team towards achieving exceptional guest service and colleague satisfaction results.
• Monitor food production, ordering, cost, and quality and consistency on a daily basis.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Time management

Education

Culinary degree

Job description

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is seeking an experienced Restaurant Sous Chef to lead culinary operations at Moss and Oak Eatery, our Coffee Shop, and In-Room Dining in Savannah. The role emphasizes Southern-inspired cuisine, cast-iron techniques, and collaboration with front-of-house teams to deliver outstanding guest experiences.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, organizational and time-management skills, with a track record of driving quality, consistency and guest satisfaction in a