Sous Chef

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Quarterly Bonus

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Medical Insurance (BCBS)

Dental & Vision Insurance

Life & Accident Insurance

Domestic Partner Benefits

Restaurant Discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is seeking a Sous Chef for its Ema location in Austin. The ideal candidate will run daily BOH operations, oversee food prep, cooking, inventory, and lead kitchen staff. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication, and flexibility to work early mornings, late nights, and weekends. Competitive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years sous chef experience in a full-service restaurant.
• Ability to lead and manage kitchen staff.
• Willingness to work varied shifts including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Run BOH shifts and ensure effective and efficient BOH operations including food prep, cooking, and inventory management.
• Lead BOH pre-shift meetings and participate in line checks and tastings.
• Maintain recipe books and review them with the GM/chefs.
• Perform regular line checks to ensure quality of menu items.
• Purchase and order food and supplies; assist with tracking food cost.
• Coordinate communication between FOH and BOH to meet special requests and timing.
• Hire, onboard, train, and develop BOH staff; promote teamwork across teams.
• Handle guest, vendor, and employee issues with tact and courtesy.
• Work varied shifts, including early mornings, late nights, and weekends.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Food preparation

Inventory control

Food safety

Communication

Team leadership

Job description

Ema, located in Austin's Domain Northside neighborhood, is a Mediterranean restaurant showcasing Chef CJ Jacobson's lighter California style of cooking, highlighting local produce, unique spices and ingredients.

Hiring Now SOUS CHEF!

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants is looking for a Sous Chef with 2 years of sous chef experience. We reward our teams with benefits, career-long training and growth opportunities.

A Few of Our Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Quarterly Bonus
• Paid Time Off - including Paid Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation
• 401(k)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• Restaurant Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program - focusing on a commitment to mental health & wellness

Why Work With Lettuce?

Lettuce is a culinary-driven restaurant company with a genuine commitment to our people we welcome unique perspectives and nurture diverse talents at 130+ locations, supported by our Culture of Caring.

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• 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, and supervise the kitchen, dish and all other BOH teams
• Lead BOH pre-shift meetings and participating in line, temp and cooler checks and food tastings for the shift
• Partner with GM and/or designated managers/chefs to regularly review and maintain recipe books
• Perform regular line checks throughout the day to ensure quality of all menu items
• Purchase and order food product and supplies for the restaurant including daily product order
• Assist with tracking and controlling food cost
• Ensure effective communication of food production and timing issues, needs, and special requests between front of house (FOH) and BOH
• Partner with GM and management team to interview, hire, onboard, train, supervise and develop all BOH employees and teams as needed
• Model and promote teamwork across all teams
• Use tact and good judgment when dealing with challenges pertaining to guests, vendors and employees, and respond with patience and courtesy
• Work a variety of days and shifts (including early mornings, late nights and weekends) at multiple sites with or without overnight travel, as needed
• Move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
• 2-3 years of sous chef experience in a full-service restaurant
• Ability to lead and manage the kitchen staff

USD $55,000.00 - USD $75,000.00 /Yr.