Lead Sous Chef: Craft, Mentor & Elevate Kitchen

BENCHMARK; Hanover (NH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hanover Inn in Hanover, NH seeks a Sous Chef to support the Executive Chef in managing daily kitchen operations and ensuring high-quality meals for guests. The role focuses on leadership, training, and maintaining efficient kitchen workflow.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong culinary skills, ability to lead a team, and handle a fast-paced environment while ensuring safety and sanitation standards are met.

Qualifications

• Strong cooking and culinary skills.
• Leadership and team management abilities.
• Time management and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to stand on feet 8-10 hours a day and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Physically able to move/lift large, heavy objects such as hotboxes, food inventory and/or supplies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with guests and team members verbally or in written form, over the phone or in person.
• Ability to learn, follow and enforce standards for cleanliness as they apply.
• Ability to follow all safety procedures/standards and recognize and act in emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook dishes, and have expert knowledge of cooking techniques, flavor profiles, and plating.
• Cut, trim, bone and carve meats and poultry for cooking, weigh and measure designated ingredients.
• Properly store foods in designated areas following wrapping, dating, and rotation procedures.
• Ensure quality and consistency of product taste and presentation.
• Be creative in food preparation and presentation.
• Utilize approved food recipes and production standards to ensure proper quality, serving temperatures, and standard portion control.
• Ensure all deadlines are met in food production based on production orders.
• Assist the Executive Chef with inventory and ordering new supplies to maintain proper inventory.
• Help control food costs and reduce waste.
• Ensure clean work areas, equipment and utensils, compliant with industry sanitation requirements.
• Interact with staff and customers and resolve customer complaints in a friendly and service-oriented manner.
• Interact with co-workers to ensure compliance with company service standards, inventory and cash control procedures.
• Assume responsibility for kitchen in absence of Executive Chef.
• Train and mentor new employees.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

The Hanover Inn in Hanover, NH seeks a Sous Chef to support the Executive Chef in managing daily kitchen operations and ensuring high-quality meals for guests. The role focuses on leadership, training, and maintaining efficient kitchen workflow.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong culinary skills, ability to lead a team, and handle a fast-paced environment while ensuring safety and sanitation standards are met.