Sous Chef - Full Time

The Menger Hotel; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); On-site; USD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

Job summary

Halcyon in Denver, CO is seeking a skilled Sous Chef to join our culinary team and help maintain the high standards of our kitchen. This full-time role focuses on menu design, food preparation, and staff leadership under the Executive Chef.

You will collaborate on daily operations, train culinary team members, and ensure sanitation and safety standards are met while delivering high-quality dishes that delight guests.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Sous Chef highly preferred
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities
• Excellent communication and teamwork

Responsibilities

• Help in the preparation and design of all food menus
• Ensure the kitchen operates in a timely way to meet quality standards
• Fill in for the executive chef in planning and directing food preparation, when necessary
• Train culinary team members, establishing schedules and enforcing sanitation regulations and safety standards
• Collaborate on menu ideation and execution
• Produce high quality products and develop high performing teams

Job description

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Sous Chef - Full Time

Full Time Halcyon, Denver, CO, US

5 days ago Requisition ID: 6878

Salary Range: $62,000.00 To $67,000.00 Annually

The ultimate 'non-hotel,’ Halcyon’s 154-rooms blur the lines between hotel and gracious home with considered comfort, attention to detail and an impressive art collection. Adding to a level of thoughtful prestige is our proud accomplishment of being named Denver’s only AAA 4-Diamond independent hotel in 2023, as well as being named one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work.”

This individual is passionate about creating gastronomic delights that encourage human connections over a shared meal. Their primary role is to employ culinary and managerial skills in order to maintain the standards of excellence established by the Executive Chef. This leader will participate in the daily operations and collaborate on menu ideation and execution. They are responsible for producing high quality products and developing high performing teams.

Requested Tasks:

• Help in the preparation and design of all food menus
• Ensure the kitchen operates in a timely way to meet quality standards
• Fill in for the executive chef in planning and directing food preparation, when necessary
• Solve any issues that arise and seize control of any problematic situation
• Train culinary team members, establishing schedules and enforcing sanitation regulations and safety standards
• Prior experience as a Sous Chef highly preferred
• Patient, understanding and detailed personality
• Keen eye for detail for cleanliness and efficiency

As part of the Makeready collection, we proudly offer a variety of thoughtful benefits and perks for eligible team members:

• accommodating PTO
• medical/dental/vision benefits
• 401k
• a wide range of additional ancillary benefits

The health, happiness and well-being of our team is our top priority.

We take pride in our Guiding Principles to help define how we successfully work together. We follow them not out of duty but live by them instinctively.

Makeready LLC and its affiliated entities are proud to encourage and support an environment where everyone can be a successful team member as their true independent self. We are an equal opportunity workplace and employer that does not discriminate based on race, color, disability, gender/sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. We are committed to building a team and a workplace where we are all able to be successful based solely on our individual qualifications, experience, abilities and job performance.

Job Close Date: 9/28/26 or until filled.