Lead Sous Chef: Elevate Quality & Team Performance

Barcelona Wine Bar; Brookline (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barcelona Wine Bar in Brookline, MA is seeking a Sous Chef to work directly under the Executive Chef. You will lead kitchen staff, ensure consistent food quality and presentation, and help run a high-volume operation with a hospitality-driven spirit.

We value hands-on leadership, strong time management, and the ability to teach techniques to junior cooks. A culinary degree is preferred and 1–3 years of kitchen experience in high-volume settings is ideal.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of high volume kitchen experience.
• Culinary degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Commit to passionately, intensely, uncompromisingly humble hospitality and high-quality guest experience
• Work with the executive chef to produce diversified menu items in accordance with the restaurant’s policy and vision
• Monitor the hygiene and food safety standards of all stages of food preparation, starting with the ingredients and ending with the finished dish which leaves the kitchen
• Handle volume and stress with poise and finesse
• Organize and manage the expo process in the kitchen
• Uphold the standard of high-quality food above all else
• Understand that simple, rustic, authentic food takes as much - if not more - talent as dainty colors pooled in the middle of a big plate

Education

Culinary degree preferred

Job description

Barcelona Wine Bar in Brookline, MA is seeking a Sous Chef to work directly under the Executive Chef. You will lead kitchen staff, ensure consistent food quality and presentation, and help run a high-volume operation with a hospitality-driven spirit.

We value hands-on leadership, strong time management, and the ability to teach techniques to junior cooks. A culinary degree is preferred and 1–3 years of kitchen experience in high-volume settings is ideal.