Sous Chef: Lead Line, Menu & Mentorship

MOMOFUKU 171 First Avenue LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 72,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k plan

Paid time off

Flexible spending account

Dining discounts

Job summary

Momofuku seeks a motivated Sous Chef to join our bustling kitchen in New York. You will help manage line flow, mentor staff, and craft high-quality dishes while maintaining safety, sanitation, and standard operating procedures.

The role emphasizes training, inventory, and collaboration with senior culinary leadership to drive menu creativity and daily specials. The ideal candidate has 1+ year in a junior/sous role in a similar volume restaurant, strong knife skills, and excellent communication

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience as a Junior Sous Chef, Sous Chef, or equivalent role at a restaurant comparable in volume and level of cuisine.
• Ability to independently complete monthly inventory and daily, weekly, and monthly ordering.
• Ability to train new hourly culinary team members on each station.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude with desire to grow and develop new skills.
• General knife handling, food safety & sanitation knowledge.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and high energy environment.
• Able to stand/walk for long periods of time.

Responsibilities

• With support of senior culinary management, monitor and ensure that standard kitchen operating procedures are met.
• Supervise all culinary team members, assisting management in training, mentoring, and disciplining staff.
• Oversee service, monitoring cooks’ progress and flow of service.
• Support and manage prep for service; ensure all prep items and recipes are made to standard.
• Monitor and ensure that company standard kitchen operating procedures are met.
• Oversee line cook team to ensure all items and recipes are made to standard.
• Enforce and train food and equipment safety and sanitation amongst all team members.
• Ensure kitchen equipment is maintained and functions properly; report any facilities issues to senior culinary management.
• Monitor receiving to ensure all product meets restaurant standards.
• Work with the Executive Chef and culinary management team on menu creations and daily specials.
• Support Executive Chef and/or CDC with the inventory, purchasing, and receiving of products.
• Support staffing needs for back of the house open positions; assist in monitoring candidates trailing and training of all back of house team members.

Skills

Culinary experience

Team leadership

Food safety

Communication skills

Inventory management

Job description

Momofuku seeks a motivated Sous Chef to join our bustling kitchen in New York. You will help manage line flow, mentor staff, and craft high-quality dishes while maintaining safety, sanitation, and standard operating procedures.

The role emphasizes training, inventory, and collaboration with senior culinary leadership to drive menu creativity and daily specials. The ideal candidate has 1+ year in a junior/sous role in a similar volume restaurant, strong knife skills, and excellent communication