Lead Sous Chef - Kitchen Ops & Quality

Greek House Chefs Inc; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Greek House Chefs Inc. is seeking an assistive kitchen team member to support the Executive Chef in daily operations, menu prep, and maintaining quality and freshness of dishes.

Responsibilities include supervising during chef absence, organizing stock, and ensuring sanitation and safety standards are consistently met. You will participate in prep, plating, and training of junior staff, with a focus on timely service and high standard presentation.

Qualifications

• No prior experience or training.
• 2 years of relevant kitchen experience.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedures in English.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the kitchen meets health and cleaning standards.
• Inspects food prep, appearance, sanitation of areas and equipment.
• Leads kitchen team in the chef's absence.
• Oversees and organizes stock when the Exec isn’t present.
• Maintains FIFO rotation and proper dating for QA.
• Keeps service line prepped and stocked for peak hours.
• Supervises all food preparation and presentation for quality.

Skills

Problem Sensitivity

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Information Ordering

Manual Dexterity

Speech Clarity

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Attention to Detail

Cooperation

Stress Tolerance

Tools

Boning knives; Chefs' knives

Commercial blenders

Commercial broilers

Commercial convection ovens

Mandoline slicers

Deep fryers

Ovens

Inventory management software

Job description

Greek House Chefs Inc. is seeking an assistive kitchen team member to support the Executive Chef in daily operations, menu prep, and maintaining quality and freshness of dishes.

Responsibilities include supervising during chef absence, organizing stock, and ensuring sanitation and safety standards are consistently met. You will participate in prep, plating, and training of junior staff, with a focus on timely service and high standard presentation.