Sous Chef - OC

City of Hope; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits?

Employee meals

Job summary

City of Hope in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Sous Chef to lead daily food preparation for AYR patient food services and catering, emphasizing quality, presentation, and menu execution.

You will supervise kitchen staff, estimate ingredient needs, ensure sanitation and safety, and uphold City of Hope standards while collaborating with culinary leadership to deliver exceptional patient and customer meals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• 1 - 3 years of experience as a Sous Chef.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily food preparation for AYR patient food services and catering, ensuring quality and presentation.
• Lead by providing feedback to employees to reward, coach, and motivate.
• Estimate consumption and set recipe standards for each meal.
• Maintain sanitation and safety standards across all kitchen areas.
• Ensure compliance with safety and loss prevention programs and with City of Hope policies.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Menu design

Inventory management

Food safety

Staff supervision

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

This role is responsible for the overall food preparation for AYR patient food services and catering at City of Hope. The position oversees the day to day execution of the menus & culinary deliverables, placing a strong emphasis on food presentation, quality, execution, menu design & implementation. The Sous Chef ensures the highest professional food quality and sanitation standards.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• In conjunction with the Director of Culinary Operations and the Chef de Cuisine, the Sous Chef is responsible for daily operations for food preparation in the food service operation. Ensures employees have appropriate equipment, inventory and resources to perform their jobs and meet goals and deadlines. Leads by providing positive and constructive feedback to employees in order to reward, coach, correct and motivate. Accountable for the execution of service quality by maintaining highest level of delivery.

• Estimates food consumption in order to purchase the appropriate amount of ingredients for preparation and provides recipe standards for each meal.

• Probes potential problems and apprises manager of status on resolution of problems or issues, using appropriate Sodexo resource when necessary.

• Establishes operating standards, implements quality improvements and communicates them to employees.

• Ensures that high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety are maintained throughout all kitchen areas at all times. Ensures that regular cleaning and maintenance schedules for all kitchen areas and equipment are adhered to.

• Establishes a safe work environment for employees by providing safety-related training and equipment maintenance and by ensuring compliance with City of Hope safety and loss prevention programs and with standards.

• Follows established City of Hope and department policies, procedures, objectives, performance improvement, attendance, safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines, including adherence to the workplace Code of Conduct and Compliance Plan.

• Practices a high level of integrity and honesty in maintaining confidentiality.

Your qualifications should include:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

• 1 - 3 years of experience as a Sous Chef.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.