Sous Chef

The Post Oak; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training program

Career growth

Dining discounts

Health plans

Dental and vision

Life and STD

401(k)

Paid time off

Bonus potential

Job summary

The Bristol Seafood Restaurants brand seeks an experienced Sous Chef to support the Executive Chef in running a high-volume kitchen, ensuring quality and food safety. You will lead culinary staff, assist in menu execution, and maintain excellent guest experiences in a refined seafood dining setting.

In this role, you will train staff, manage operations, control costs, and uphold sanitation standards while delivering consistent, top-tier service during daily service.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of culinary management in a high-volume full-service restaurant.
• Strong knowledge of back-of-house operations, supervision, inventory, and cost controls.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Stable, progressive work history with strong work ethic.
• Graduation from an accredited culinary program is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example and ensure guest satisfaction with a Do Whatever It Takes attitude.
• Assist Executive Chef in managing back-of-house staff through training and oversight.
• Help meet labor and cost objectives through planning and execution.
• Oversee inventories and ordering of food and supplies.
• Maintain sanitation and OSHA-compliant work areas.

Skills

Culinary management

Staff supervision

Inventory controls

Food cost management

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Education

Culinary school graduate

Job description

Overview

Bristol Seafood Restaurants offers a refined approach to upscale seafood dining, featuring fresh, high-quality catches, thoughtfully prepared dishes, and a polished yet welcoming atmosphere. With a focus on exceptional service, coastal-inspired flavors, and attention to detail, the concept delivers a consistently elevated guest experience. It’s a destination known for quality, teamwork, and creating memorable moments for every guest.

As a Sous Chef, you will support the Executive Chef by managing kitchen operations, supervising culinary staff, and ensuring consistency, quality, and food safety. You play a key role in menu execution, training, and maintaining high culinary standards during daily service.

Benefits:

• Extensive and well-rounded training program
• Continued career development and growth opportunities
• Generous employee discounts on dining, retail, amusements, and hotels
• Multiple health benefit plans to suit your needs
• Dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability, flexible spending accounts and 401 (k)
• Paid time off
• Monthly discretionary bonus potential

Responsibilities

• Ensuresexcellence in guest satisfaction through commitment to a "Do Whatever It Takes Attitude" and a hands-on, lead by example management style
• Assist the Executive Chef in the management of all back of house staff in a high-volume kitchen, including ongoing training, development, and follow up
• Achieve or exceed budgeted labor and other cost centers through proper planning and execution
• Assist in overseeing weekly and monthlyinventories, and ordering of food and supplies
• Maintain sanitation procedures and organization of work area adhering to all OSHA regulations

Qualifications

• At least 2years of Culinary Management experiencein a full-service, high-volume dining establishment
• Strong knowledge and attention to detailon back of the house operations including staff supervision, inventory controls and food/labor cost, and product quality
• Strong communication, leadership, and conflict resolutionskills
• Stable and progressive work history; Strong work ethic
• Graduate of an accredited culinary program is a plus

EOE

Pay Range

USD $65,000.00 - USD $70,000.00 /Yr.