Sous Chef

Brandon Wilde; Mokena (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarendale Mokena is seeking a hospitality-focused Sous Chef to join our team. This role ensures proper preparation of the planned menu and assists in supervising culinary staff on a daily basis.

The position is full-time with weekend availability required, offering an opportunity to contribute to high-quality dining experiences for residents and guests in a senior living community.

Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• Culinary degree preferred.
• 2-3 years experience in restaurant/senior living or equivalent cooking experience.

Responsibilities

• Clarifies and organizes all evening paperwork and posts next day’s production schedule.
• Assists the kitchen staff in all aspects of daily assignments, as required.
• Informs the Executive Chef of all activities and operational problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.
• Assists in daily shift change walk-throughs of kitchen staff.
• Ensures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentation standards, is a quality product and is properly portioned.
• Responsible for the direction of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef.
• Assists in creating, planning, costing and executing menus, theme buffets, specials and holiday menus.
• Assists with food orders, production sheets and related material.
• Assists the chef in executing all catered and special functions.

Job description

When you work at Clarendale Mokena, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Clarendale Mokena is recruiting for a hospitality focused Sous Chef to join our team! This position is responsible for the proper preparation of the planned menu and assists in the supervision of all the culinary staff.

Schedule: Full-time position with weekend availability required.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Sous Chef:

• Clarifies and organizes all evening paperwork and posts next day’s production schedule.
• Assists the kitchen staff in all aspects of daily assignments, as required.
• Informs the Executive Chef of all activities and operational problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.
• Assists in daily shift change walk-throughs of kitchen staff.
• Ensures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentation standards, is a quality product and is properly portioned.
• Responsible for the direction of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef.
• Assists in creating, planning, costing and executing menus, theme buffets, specials and holiday menus.
• Assists with food orders, production sheets and related material.
• Assists the chef in executing all catered and special functions.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High school diploma
• Culinary degree preferred
• 2- 3 years experience in restaurant/senior living or equivalent cooking experience.

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