Sous Chef

Sonesta; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with Company/M/

Paid Vacation & Sick Time

Parental Leave

Hotel Discounts

Job summary

Sonesta is seeking a Sous Chef in White Plains, NY to coordinate menus, purchasing, and production for banquets and outlets. Lead kitchen staff, enforce quality standards, and manage cost controls while ensuring sanitary, compliant operations.

You will train team members, supervise production, review orders, and ensure timely, high-quality service for events and daily operations. This role is a full-time, on-site leadership position demanding supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing banquet and outlet operations.
• Ability to train staff and enforce food specs and portion control.
• Knowledge of sanitation standards and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Order and requisition banquet and outlet products timely and in quantity.
• Coordinate production and presentation for banquet events and outlets.
• Oversee daily culinary operations, quality, and cost controls.
• Analyze banquet orders to plan food and beverage portions.
• Conduct line checks and ensure production standards are met.
• Coordinate proper food storage and sanitation procedures.
• Direct employees in service techniques and expediting.
• Perform end-of-night walk-through and maintain logs.

Skills

Banquet operations

Outlet operations

Menu planning

Food preparation

Sanitation standards

Kitchen supervision

Cost controls

Staff training

Inventory coordination

Production scheduling

Job description

We’re People People. Are you? We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast). With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be. But here’s the thing—we’re not just in the business of hotels, we’re in the business of people. We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect—delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).

What this role is all about

The Sous Chef supports the Executive Sous and Executive Chef by coordinating menus, purchasing, scheduling, food preparation, and plating for banquet and catering events as well as F&B Outlets while maintaining profitable F&B operations and high-quality products and service levels. They are expected to provide training for all staff, meet corporate quality standards, establish and enforce food specifications, portion control, recipes, and sanitation.

What you’ll be doing

• Primarily responsible for ordering & requisitioning banquet & Outlet products in a timely manner and in appropriate quantities
• Responsible for the coordination, planning and supervision of the production and presentation of food served at all banquet events and outlets in the hotels continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and profitability
• Manage and participate in daily culinary operations, to include, but not limited to, preparation and production of meals, supervision of food quality and presentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards and regulations, team member productivity and performance, implementation of policies and procedures, cost controls and overall profitability.
• Analyze banquet event orders to plan and coordinate the food and beverage portion of client functions
• Perform all daily walk through inventory to determine daily production and prioritize product utilization
• Help assign production duties to all staff
• Conduct a line check for outlet and banquet service to ensure quality of product
• Meet daily with line cooks to coordinate and ensure production standards
• Properly use, handle, clean, breakdown, and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Maintain food quality standards including consistency and presentation
• Coordinate proper food storage according to standard operating procedure
• Direct employees in proper service techniques
• Assist with expediting service in outlet and banquets
• Perform end of night walk through
• Document appropriate information in kitchen management log books daily
• Review information in kitchen management log books daily
• Control cleanliness and sanitation of all employees for entire kitchen
• Manage and oversee all stations and walk-ins in restaurant
• Practice, train, monitor, and maintain sanitation standards, including state and local health guidelines
• Union experience preferred
• Hotel banquet experience preferred

Deliver Passionate & Engaging Service to our Guests

You will be passionate and truly engaged in taking care of our guests, recognizing individual guests and anticipating their unique needs in order to exceed their expectations.

You will consistently deliver our GUEST model:

• Greet or welcome everyone, warmly with a smile
• Use eye and ear contact and guest’s name
• Establish/anticipate needs
• Solve and own all requests/complaints
• Thank everyone
• Build solid relationship with your Colleagues
• Treat colleagues with respect and dignity

Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. The employee is expected to work in other areas of the hotel when needed to assist operations to perform job duties not necessarily contained in this job description.

The Sous Chef is an Overtime Eligible Manager (OEM). Approximately a 45-hour workweek.

Benefits

Sonesta recognizes that benefits play a vital role in helping ensure the health and financial security of employees and their families. We offer a variety of benefits to our employees including:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account with Company Match
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Days
• Sonesta Hotel Discounts
• Educational Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Various Employee Perks and Discounts

Anticipated Pay Range & Additional Job Information

Pay range $30.00 to $35.00 The base pay offered may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and specific/overall experience.

How we reward you

Here’s a snapshot of what we offer:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Match
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation & Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Company-Paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• Educational Assistance
• Sonesta Hotel Discounts
• Additional Perks & Employee Discounts

Our Commitment to You

Sonesta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

Sonesta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.