Lead Sous Chef – Stadium & Event Culinary Leader

Proof of the Pudding; Starkville (MS); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Proof of the Pudding seeks a seasoned Sous Chef to lead the student athletes' training table program at Mississippi State University. The role oversees all culinary aspects, attends events to ensure efficiency, and assists the Executive Chef with scheduling, purchasing, and invoicing.

You will manage kitchen operations, drive food quality, and collaborate with sales to enhance event performance while maintaining safety and cost controls across facilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a lead culinary role.
• Experience in Sports & Entertainment, Large Scale Events, or Stadium Catering preferred.
• Strong leadership qualities and passion for the culinary field.
• Creativity, customer satisfaction focus, and strong flavor profile development.
• Impeccable integrity in business, community, and team interactions.
• Professional appearance, personal hygiene, and respectful conduct at all times.
• Exhibit cooking skills, knowledge, and food handling skills consistent with contemporary training and requirements of similar position in industry
• Demonstrate understanding of good general business practices and the application of same to position requirements
• Possess the necessary qualities of self- motivation, interest and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, demanding collaborative environment
• Commitment to maintaining a safe, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all culinary aspects of the business center.
• Maintaining the highest level of food quality through your culinary team.
• Capable of producing a consistent product in a timely manner.
• Maintains the physical facilities under charge in a sanitary and orderly manner at all times in accordance with good business practices and Health Department requirements.
• Provides creative input for menu/ event ideas by staying current with industry trends and events at other POP functions.
• Maintaining the highest level of service through the GM at your facility.
• Working with sales team to drive sales for the company and expertly, flawlessly execute each event.
• Complete knowledge of the financials through the accounting team at your facility.
• Keeping employee/team morale at the highest level.
• Schedules Staff and food production in accordance with the demands of business, the direction of Executive Chef and Company policies.
• Requisitions supplies, foodstuffs and other needs in accordance to business demands.
• Demonstrates good business practices in labor and cost controls, utilization of product and inventory controls to ensure highest quality of product in cost effective manner.
• Assists Executive Chef with logistical planning and execution of events as directed.
• Assists in other locations in accordance to business demands at the stadiumor other POP locations.
• Effectively manage the entire stewarding department.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creativity

Food handling

Cooking skills

Teamwork

Integrity

Professional appearance

Education

2 Year Degree

Job description

Proof of the Pudding seeks a seasoned Sous Chef to lead the student athletes' training table program at Mississippi State University. The role oversees all culinary aspects, attends events to ensure efficiency, and assists the Executive Chef with scheduling, purchasing, and invoicing.

You will manage kitchen operations, drive food quality, and collaborate with sales to enhance event performance while maintaining safety and cost controls across facilities.