Pastry Sous Chef - Lead Desserts in High-Volume Kitchen

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Quarterly Bonus

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Medical Insurance

Job summary

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is hiring a Pastry Sous Chef with 2 years of pastry sous chef experience. We reward our teams with benefits, career-long training and growth opportunities across 130+ locations.

Oversee the pastry line, lead BOH shifts, and collaborate with management to maintain recipes and quality while ensuring timely production and cost control across the restaurant family.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of pastry chef experience in a high-volume full-service restaurant.
• Ability to lead and manage the kitchen staff.
• Oversee the pastry line and inventory; lead the preparation, production and presentation of baked goods, pastries and desserts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the pastry line and inventory; lead the preparation, production and presentation of baked goods, pastries and desserts for the restaurant.
• Run BOH shifts and ensure effective and efficient BOH shifts and operations including food prep and cooking; ensure adequate inventory levels of food and supplies; supervise the kitchen, dish and all other BOH teams.
• Lead BOH pre-shift meetings and participate in line, temp and cooler checks and food tastings for the shift.
• Partner with GM and/or designated managers/chefs to review and maintain recipe books.
• Perform regular line checks to ensure quality of all menu items.
• Purchase and order food products and supplies; track food cost.

Job description

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is hiring a Pastry Sous Chef with 2 years of pastry sous chef experience. We reward our teams with benefits, career-long training and growth opportunities across 130+ locations.

Oversee the pastry line, lead BOH shifts, and collaborate with management to maintain recipes and quality while ensuring timely production and cost control across the restaurant family.