Sous Chef

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group; Meadville (Crawford County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Career growth and training

Employee discounts

Job summary

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group in Meadville, PA is seeking a Sous Chef to lead culinary staff and ensure quality and consistency across menus.

You'll assist in menu development, inventory, and production planning while maintaining safety and sanitation standards. The role offers growth within a values-driven, family-owned company that celebrates its Core Values and Create a Smile philosophy.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of culinary experience.
• High school or GED required.
• Ability to organize workloads and meet deadlines.
• Strong leadership and team management skills desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft software programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct all culinary staff to ensure standards and quality.
• Assist in purchasing food, paper, cleaning, bakery, and safety items within budget.
• Assist with menu development, organization and production sheets, and new recipe standards.
• Assist Exec Chef in inspections for sanitation, cleanliness, temperatures using checklists.
• Ensure recipe standards and consistency for a quality product every time.

Skills

Culinary experience

Time management

Leadership and team management

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you looking for a values-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow? Do you want to join a fun, supportive team where you can build lifelong relationships? At Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, we've been creating smiles since 1949- one guest, one meal, and one team member at a time. Now we're searching for a sous chef to join our Parkhurst Dining team.

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group represents a diverse family of brands that span more than a dozen states across more than 150 locations and with nearly 10,000 team members. We are a family-owned and operated company with deep roots that inspire our future. Our enduring commitment to our Core Values and our shared purpose, "to Create a Smile," guide and fuel our growth as a group and as individuals.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS ROLE

As a sous chef, you'll be part of our enduring legacy and exciting growth. Here's what you can expect:

• Manage and direct all culinary staff to ensure standards and quality are being followed by each staff member.
• Assist in purchasing all food, paper, cleaning, bakery, and safety items within budgeted levels.
• Assist with Executive Chef in menu development, organization and completion of production sheets and execution of new recipe standards.
• Assist Executive Chef in regular inspections of the entire unit for sanitation, cleanliness, temperatures and using checklists as a guide.
• Verify that recipe standards and consistency is constantly being used to ensure a quality product every time.

WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT

We're searching for team members who welcome new challenges and care deeply about people. Every team member across the company plays a role in bringing our Core Values to life every day. In addition to aligning to our values, you'll be successful here with these skills and qualifications:

• Three or more years of culinary experience.
• High school or GED
• Ability to organize workloads and meet time deadlines.
• Strong leadership and team management skills desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft software programs.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

We believe our team members deserve the same hospitality we give our guests. Wherever you are on your journey, we offer rewards and resources to highlight the important moments, both at work and at home.

• Health and Well-Being: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), and Paid Time Off.
• Career Growth: Access to Smile Universe training and internal promotion pathways.
• Welcoming and Fun: 20% discount at all our brands.

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.