Sous Chef

ZippyApp - Recruitment Marketing; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

401K enrollment

Paid time off

Quarterly bonus based on financial review

Dining expense account

Educational opportunities (field trips, workshops)

Job summary

ZippyApp - Recruitment Marketing is seeking a Sous Chef to join a busy, tight-knit kitchen at a high-end seafood restaurant in San Francisco. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of fine dining kitchen experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for cooking.

Responsibilities include managing services, overseeing kitchen departments, detailed prep work, and collaboration on menu creation. This salaried position offers competitive pay, medical and dental benefits, 401K enrollment, and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of fine dining kitchen experience.
• Strong leadership and excellent communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Excel is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Heading and running services (lunch, dinner, private dining).
• Oversight of different departments such as prep and dishwasher.
• Detailed prep work and ordering.
• Collaboration on menu and recipe creation.

Skills

Fine dining kitchen experience

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Excel

Recipe writing

Menu creation

Food costing

Scheduling

Job description

Our busy, tight-knit kitchen is looking to add a Sous Chef to our talented team. We are a high end seafood restaurant serving meticulously sourced, sustainably caught and harvested seafood, as well as all the other many bounties from amazing Bay Area farms, foragers and artisans. Qualified applicants should possess at least 5 year fine dining kitchen experience, a true passion for kitchen life and a real desire to learn, grow and be part of a team. Strong leadership skills and excellent communication skills are a must! Working knowledge of Excel, and a basic understanding of recipe writing, menu creation, food costing, and scheduling are all a big plus. This is a salaried position with terms to be negotiated based on experience. We offer medical and dental benefits, 401K enrollment, paid time off, very competitive salary, quarterly bonus based on financial review, dining expense account and opportunity for career growth. Lots of educational opportunities (field trips, rooftop beehive, wine seminars and more). Please have a resume ready when you respond.

Requirements/Responsibilities

• Heading and running services (lunch, dinner, private dining etc.)
• Oversight of different departments such as prep, dishwasher
• Detailed prep work
• Ordering
• Prep lists
• Scheduling
• Collaboration with rest of chef team on menu and recipe creation
• Execution of off sight events
• Upholding standards set forth by the chef and rest of leadership team.