Lead Sous Chef - Fine Dining: Menu & Team Leadership

Accorhotel; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

21c Museum Hotels is seeking a dedicated Sous Chef to lead a high-profile kitchen within our fine dining setting in St. Louis. This role demands expert line-cook oversight, training, and seamless coordination with the CDC and EC to ensure exceptional service and menu execution.

You will mentor line cooks, manage weigh-ins and plating, and uphold safety, sanitation, and cost controls while adapting to menu changes and private events. English fluency and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in a fine dining restaurant environment.
• Understanding of professional cooking and knife handling skills.
• Knowledge of safety, sanitation, and food handling processes.
• Able to work flexible hours (nights, weekends).
• Responsible, dependable, punctual.
• Excellent communication skills; must be able to speak, read, and understand English.
• Clean and professional appearance.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for all things 21c.
• Must pass a background check.

Responsibilities

• Owns service period and crew.
• Multifaceted with eyes on all kitchen activities.
• Knows strengths and weaknesses of line staff; delegates and sets clear expectations for the finished product.
• Assists line staff with recipe techniques and station prep and answers questions.
• Stays abreast of all menu changes, regardless of service period.
• Relays important information about the day service for line staff as they arrive, such as menu changes and assignments.
• Ensures stewarding staff follow opening, closing, and mid-service side work; coordinates with CDC on supervising the Stewarding department.
• Maintains clean and organized walk-ins and dry storage area.
• Orders daily and weekly products in conjunction with CDC.
• Keeps track of food and labor costs and helps control them during service periods.
• Collaborates with CDC and/or EC on menu development and engineering.

Skills

Knife handling

Communication

English proficiency

Job description

21c Museum Hotels is seeking a dedicated Sous Chef to lead a high-profile kitchen within our fine dining setting in St. Louis. This role demands expert line-cook oversight, training, and seamless coordination with the CDC and EC to ensure exceptional service and menu execution.

You will mentor line cooks, manage weigh-ins and plating, and uphold safety, sanitation, and cost controls while adapting to menu changes and private events. English fluency and reliability are essential.