Sous Chef

BOKA Restaurant Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

BOKA Restaurant Group is seeking a Sous Chef for Moonlark’s Dinette in Los Angeles. This exciting role involves assisting the Chef de Cuisine, managing kitchen staff, and ensuring food quality in a dynamic restaurant environment. Ideal candidates will have leadership skills and a passion for culinary excellence.

Benefits

Health, Dental, and Voluntary Benefits Package

401(k) program

Paid parental leave

Career mentorship and growth potential

Dining incentives across establishments

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in a Sous Chef role.
• Strong leadership skills and highly organized.
• Experience in mass-volume production.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in ordering products and managing inventory.
• Managing staff schedules and overseeing quality control.
• Developing new menu items and ensuring health standards.

Skills

Leadership

Organization

Cleanliness

Multi-tasking

Job description

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Base pay range

$68,000.00/yr - $72,000.00/yr

Boka Restaurant Group and Executive Chef Chris Pandel are currently seeking a Sous Chef to join the team of Moonlark’s Dinette located on the ground level of The Hoxton LA!

Benefits & Perks: Health, Dental, and Voluntary Benefits Package (available after 90 days), employer-sponsored mental health and resource program, 401(k) program, life insurance, wellness benefits, paid parental leave, paid vacation, career mentorship and growth potential, and dining incentives across our 20+ establishments!

About Boka Restaurant Group: Boka Restaurant Group is a James Beard Award-winning group, anchored by partnerships with some of American’s greatest chefs. With a firm belief that genuine hospitality makes the world a more human place, we strive beyond convention to believe in and support each other, care for our communities, and work together to build the world we want to live in. View our restaurants here: https://www.bokagrp.com/

About Moonlark’s Dinette: The menu marries locally sourced, approachable comfort food with Pandel’s signature style of “come as you are” hospitality. Inspired by the cherished nostalgia of American diners, Moonlark’s menu is brimming with playful, approachable takes on classic diner fare. With all the makings of a cherished neighborhood gem, Moonlark’s Dinette joyfully reinvents comfort food and invites guests to relive the magic of retro diners in a setting as vibrant as Los Angeles itself.

Sous Chef's Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to the Chef de Cuisine
• Assisting in ordering all products based on par systems and inventory management. Overseeing all ordering and inventory to ensure low food costs
• Assisting in the management including recruiting, hiring, scheduling, reviewing and terminating
• Managing staff schedules and ensure cuts are being made whenever possible
• Maintaining open lines of communication with all management and upper management to address any issues or concerns as they arise. Participating in Manager meetings to address these issues
• Overseeing quality control of all food production and execution
• Developing unique and visually appealing plating designs for new dishes
• Creating new menu items upon guest requests and seasonally. Recording the recipes of these menu items for consistent replication
• Ensuring all health and safety standards are upheld by enforcing high sanitation standards
• Addressing all kitchen-related problems and incidences in a timely and effective manner
• Daily maintenance of BOH systems - Continually follow and tweak all BOH systems from AM walkthrough, temp logs, line checks, prep lists, order guides, etc.
• Daily follow-through of BOH systems - It is mandatory that all BOH systems that are created are firmly used to the specification of the Executive Chef
• Completing and maintaining inventories with purchaser
• Knowledge and understanding of the Purchase and Loss Statement on a monthly basis
• Continually working through R&D process with the Executive Chef to further dishes on the menu
  
  

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in a Sous Chef role
• Patient and empathetic toward others
• Practices high standards of cleanliness
• Strong leadership skills
• Highly organized
• Efficient at multi-tasking
• Experience in mass-volume production
  
  

This is an ideal position for someone who is dedicated to providing great service and is seeking to become a member of a hard-working and fun team!

Physical Requirements:

• Lift and move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Safely and effectively use all necessary tools, equipment, & cleaning chemicals
• Stand and walk for an entire shift, including moving safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven and slick surfaces
• Ability to bear exposure to hot and cold environments
  
  

If you feel you meet the requirements, are a team player, experienced, passionate, and dedicated to your craft, we want to hear from you!

More detail about Moonlark's Dinette part of BOKA Restaurant Group, please visit https://culinaryagents.com/entities/590496-Moonlark%2527s-Dinette

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Production

• Industries

  Restaurants

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