Sous Chef (Fine Dining)

Truluck; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Truluck’s DC is seeking Professional Fine Dining Sous Chef who will dedicate themselves to delivering exceptional dining experiences. The ideal candidate has a minimum of five years’ sous chef experience and a track record of coaching culinary teams in high-volume environments.

As a member of our kitchen leadership, you will help drive culinary excellence, follow all recipes and systems, and strive to advance toward an executive chef role in the future.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years previous sous chef experience.
• Experience in preparing culinary products, coaching staff and cooking in high-volume environments.
• Ideal candidate worked in a similar fine dining steak and seafood kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chef in the overall leadership of the culinary functions.
• Follow all recipes and systems; demonstrate professionalism and teamwork.

Skills

Sous Chef

High-Volume

Fine Dining

Leadership

Team Player

Education

High School or better

Food Certification

Job description

Since opening our doors in 1992, we have dedicated ourselves to creating exhilarating moments and enduring memories. To do so, we bring our core values to your table every day:

Culinary Excellence, Sustainable Seafood, Southern Hospitality, Company Culture, and Philanthropy are what make Truluck’s, Truluck’s.

Our professional sous chefs help us deliver these core values to our guests and communities daily.

Our mission

Our mission is simple. We are here to make good things happen for other people.

Who are you?

We are currently seeking Professional Fine Dining Sous Chef candidates who will dedicate themselves to this purpose in joining our exceptional team of culinary professionals at our Truluck's DC location. Successful candidates will have a minimum of five (5) years’ previous culinary experience and experience in preparing culinary products, coaching members of the culinary staff and cooking in high-volume environments. The Sous Chef assists the Chef in the overall leadership of the culinary functions. In addition to this, successful candidates must possess the ability to follow all recipes and systems and have a proven history of professionalism, accountability, and team commitment. The ideal candidate will have worked in a similar fine dining steak and seafood kitchen. We are looking for enthusiastic chefs with the heart of a great kitchen manager. Someone who has the drive to be an executive chef in the future. If this sounds like you, we would like to meet you!

Why us?

Truluck’s puts their employees and quality first. At Truluck’s, we make choices that honor the plate, the palate, and the planet. We practice TRU Sustainability, by maintaining an unwavering commitment to serving the highest-quality sustainable seafood. We will never serve endangered, overfished species, and we always follow Ocean Conservancy guidelines. Our Florida Stone Crab is captured by our team of professional crabbers, and our produce is sourced from local growers whenever possible.

Qualifications

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Education

High School or better.

Technical/other training or better.

Experience

Required

5 years:

Five (5) years previous sous chef experience.

Preferred

2 years:

5 years:

A minimum of five (5) years experience with similar high volume fine dining concept is preferred.

Licenses & Certifications

FOOD CERTIFICATION

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