Lead Sous Chef: Craft Brewery & Events

Columbus Brewing Company; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free beer

Job summary

Columbus Brewing Company is seeking a hands-on Sous Chef to lead daily kitchen operations beside the Executive Chef, develop the culinary team, and uphold standards for quality, safety, and cost control.

You will help plan private events and catering, coach teammates, manage inventory and scheduling, and ensure a welcoming, accountable kitchen that reflects CBC’s Hospitality Mindset and care for guests and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Proven kitchen leadership experience in a busy restaurant, brewery, or hospitality setting.
• Experience executing food for private events, banquets, or catering.
• Strong understanding of kitchen operations, including shift management, ordering, inventory, and labor/food cost control.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Executive Chef in managing daily kitchen operations, coordinating food production, and maintaining consistent food quality, presentation, and service timing.
• Support labor management through scheduling, daily staffing adjustments, and task delegation to meet business needs and labor cost goals.
• Assist with food cost management through recipe adherence, portion control, efficient prep, waste reduction, and monitoring product usage.
• Support kitchen leadership by setting clear expectations, coaching teammates, and holding the team accountable for performance and CBC’s core values.
• Assist with interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training kitchen teammates to build a skilled, dependable team.
• Assist with planning and executing food for private events, catering, and banquets, coordinating quantities, preparation, timing, and presentation with the events team.
• Assist with ordering and receiving, verifying product quality and accuracy, and maintaining appropriate stock levels.
• Support accurate inventory counts, proper storage and rotation, and communication of shortages or purchasing needs.
• Reinforce food safety, sanitation, cleanliness, and proper handling of allergies and dietary requests.
• Model CBC’s core values daily: Hospitality Mindset, Stay Curious, and Give a Sh*t through ownership, follow-through, and care for guests and teammates.
• Open availability required, including days, nights, weekends, and opening and closing shifts.

Skills

Leadership

Food safety

Inventory management

Team coaching

Catering events

Job description

Columbus Brewing Company is seeking a hands-on Sous Chef to lead daily kitchen operations beside the Executive Chef, develop the culinary team, and uphold standards for quality, safety, and cost control.

You will help plan private events and catering, coach teammates, manage inventory and scheduling, and ensure a welcoming, accountable kitchen that reflects CBC’s Hospitality Mindset and care for guests and colleagues.