Sous Chef Leader: Craft Menus & Elevate Kitchen Excellence

Cowlitz Indian Tribe; Ridgefield (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe's ilani restaurant is seeking a Sous Chef to plan and direct food preparation, training, mentoring, and daily oversight of back-of-house staff.

The role requires strong leadership, adherence to health standards, line checks, inventory management, and ensuring recipes and presentation meet standards; ability to work nights, holidays, weekends; and physical endurance including lifting up to 50 lbs.

Qualifications

• Culinary degree and three (3) years as a Sous Chef or senior level cook in a multi-million-dollar restaurant or equivalent.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to foster a supportive and enabling team environment.
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency via practical cooking demonstration with the Room Chef, Executive Chef and Vice President of Food and Beverage.

Responsibilities

• Promotes superior guest service.
• Maintains, and perpetuates a positive organizational culture according to the Spirit of Talïcn and the Core Values of ilani.
• Works with the Restaurant Chef to produce diversified menus in accordance with the restaurant’s culinary style.
• Conducts daily line checks to monitor quality and ensure compliance of heath standards.
• Make certain the hygiene and food safety standards are met in all stages of food preparation.
• Communicate and delegate the daily production schedule including quantities needed to the staff.
• Assure adherence to all standards of food quality, preparation, recipes by following menu and presentation standards as directed by the Executive Chef and Room Chef.
• Train the kitchen staff to provide best results in minimum time while maximizing available resources.
• Monitor labor to ensure efficiency and make labor adjustments based on volume.
• Address and resolve any kitchen related issue or emergency promptly.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Education

Culinary degree

Three years as Sous Chef or senior cook

Tools

Info-Genesis POS

Workday

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe's ilani restaurant is seeking a Sous Chef to plan and direct food preparation, training, mentoring, and daily oversight of back-of-house staff.

The role requires strong leadership, adherence to health standards, line checks, inventory management, and ensuring recipes and presentation meet standards; ability to work nights, holidays, weekends; and physical endurance including lifting up to 50 lbs.