Sous Chef

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sous Chef at Crescent Hotels & Resorts' Curio Collection by Hilton property is a hands-on culinary leader who will support the Executive Chef in daily operations, ensuring exceptional food quality, presentation, and sanitation.

You will supervise kitchen staff, manage food production, oversee kitchen organization, and contribute to training, scheduling, inventory, and cost containment to deliver elevated experiences for guests and events.

Qualifications

• Previous Sous Chef or kitchen leadership experience.
• Experience in luxury hotel or upscale dining preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with team training and development.
• Schedule kitchen staff.
• Oversee food preparation and production.
• Maintain recipe and presentation standards.
• Ensure sanitation, food safety, FIFO and proper storage.
• Collaborate with Executive Chef and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth service.

Skills

Leadership

Culinary knowledge

Team development

Attention to detail

High-volume service

Job description

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The Sous Chef supports the Executive Chef in leading daily culinary operations while ensuring exceptional food quality, presentation, consistency, and sanitation standards throughout our luxury Curio Collection by Hilton property.

This hands-on culinary leader will supervise and develop kitchen team members, oversee food preparation and production, maintain recipe and presentation standards, and ensure restaurant, banquet, and event operations are properly prepared for successful service.

Key responsibilities include assisting with team training and development, scheduling, food preparation, quality control, inventory, ordering, food and labor cost management, waste reduction, and kitchen organization. The Sous Chef will also ensure compliance with food safety, sanitation, storage, labeling, and FIFO standards.

The Sous Chef will work closely with the Executive Chef, Food & Beverage leadership, Restaurant, Banquets, Stewarding, and Purchasing teams to maintain efficient operations and consistently deliver an elevated culinary experience.

The ideal candidate has previous Sous Chef, culinary supervisory, or kitchen leadership experience, preferably within a luxury hotel, upscale restaurant, and high-volume culinary environment. Strong culinary knowledge, leadership skills, attention to detail, and the ability to remain composed during high-volume service are essential.

Previous luxury or full-service hotel experience is highly preferred, and Hilton or Curio Collection experience is a plus.

Schedule flexibility, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, is required based on business and event needs.

Lead the kitchen. Develop the team. Create memorable experiences one plate at a time.

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