Sous Chef

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill; Wake Forest (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill in Wake Forest, NC is seeking a seasoned Sous Chef to lead our back‑of‑house team and uphold Iconic Hospitality standards across all shifts.

The role manages kitchen operations, oversees butchering and portion control, schedules staff, trains team members, and collaborates with the Executive Chef to ensure high-quality, safe, and consistent food production for a busy restaurant environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of full-service restaurant management experience.
• Strong back-of-house knowledge including butchering and portion control.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; adheres to Iconic Hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Support Executive Chef in all areas of responsibility.
• Manage back of house team, operations, and food production.
• Direct, coach, discipline, and provide feedback to team members.
• Order and receive produce, seafood, and main food items.
• Conduct daily/bi-weekly inventory with the team.
• Schedule back of house staff.
• Hire and develop back of house staff to meet staffing goals.
• Supervise butchering and portion control on each shift.
• Create a positive environment ensuring quality food and a clean, organized kitchen.

Skills

Restaurant management

Kitchen operations

Iconic Hospitality

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

POS/Micros Knowledge

Job description

Our Purpose is to serve our stakeholders, enrich their experiences, and exceed their expectations. We achieve our Purpose through our Mission: Creating extraordinary experiences through hospitality. We strive to demonstrate our Mission in everything we do, especially in our Back of House operations. Our Sous Chefs are responsible for creating a positive environment that sets the expectations for quality food in a neat, clean, and organized kitchen. We expect our Sous Chefs to have excellent communication skills, as they are responsible for the back-of-house team members and certain administrative tasks, including but not limited to scheduling, staffing, ordering and inventory. Our Sous Chefs must be able to remain calm and composed in high pressure situations.

Responsibilities

In order to exceed our guest’s expectations, we have outlined the duties and responsibilities of our Sous Chef below:

Responsibilities Include, But Not Limited To

• Provides support to Executive Chef in all areas of responsibility
• Manages back of house team members, operations, and food production for the restaurant and FIREBAR®
• Provides direction, discipline and training to team members by coaching, counseling, and providing feedback and termination recommendations
• Accountable for ordering and receiving produce, seafood, and main food orders
• Conducts daily / bi-weekly inventory with team
• Responsible for scheduling back of house team members
• Responsible for team development by interviewing and hiring back of house team members to maintain staffing goals
• Supervises and participates in butchering and portion control on each shift
• Responsible for creating a positive environment that sets the expectation for quality food and a neat, clean and organized kitchen

Qualifications

• 2 years full-service restaurant experience in a management position
• Working kitchen knowledge—butchering and portion control
• Be an expert in Iconic Hospitality
• Must have solid communication and organizational skills

Knowledge Requirements

• Iconic Hospitality standards
• Prep Duties
• Storing & Cooling food
• Food handling
• Butchering and portion controlPOS/Micros Knowledge
• Cash handling
• Food and Labor cost control
• Inventory control
• Administrative tasks
• Purchasing
• Safety and Sanitation procedures
• NCO (Neat, clean and organized)

Physical Requirements

• Able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language of the work location
• Reach, bend, push & pull items for up to 2 hours each day
• Able to use fingers, hands, arms and shoulders repetitively for up to 6 hours each day
• Able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for multiple hours in length
• Must have a sense of balance, able to bend, kneel and lift items frequently weighing up to 50 pounds

Firebirds is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay Range

USD $55,000.00 - USD $65,000.00 /Yr.