Sous Chef

Job Title: Sous Chef

Department: Operations

Reports To: Executive Chef

Status: Exempt

Date: 10/2025

Salary: 

Broad Responsibilities: you will be responsible for supporting the Executive Chef in managing highvolume kitchen operations, ensuring exceptional food quality, and leading the culinary team. If you have 

excellent culinary skills, creativity, and strong leadership abilities, we encourage you to apply and help 

inspire and develop our team.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Supervise and lead the culinary team, ensuring production efficiency, proper culinary techniques, 

adherence to recipe standards, and high-quality food preparation

2. Assist in hiring, training, and mentoring team members, while creating a cohesive work environment

3. Support food and labor cost management, prepare schedules, oversee inventory control, and 

manage ordering and receiving processes

4. Collaborating with the Executive Chef and culinary team in menu design and recipe development

5. Maintain a safe, sanitary, and organized kitchen that complies with state and local health 

department regulations and company policies

Skills and Qualifications

1. Minimum of 3 years of culinary experience with previous supervisory responsibilities in a large 

production kitchen or high-volume food and beverage operation

2. Exceptional skills in high-volume cooking, food presentation, and precise recipe adherence with the 

ability to lead, coach, and motivate a diverse team

3. Knowledge of best practices for monitoring food and labor cost, menu development, costing, 

ordering, inventory, and food safety and sanitation

4. Proficient computer skills, including Word and Excel

5. Ability to obtain ServSafe, Food Safety Handler, and Training for Intervention Procedures 

certifications

6. Capacity to work a flexible schedule to accommodate business levels

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate 

to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be 

made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand for long periods of 

time, use hands and fingers, communicate verbally, and hear. The associate is frequently required to 

reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, taste, and smell. The associate is also occasionally

required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and either lift or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision 

abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth 

perception, and the ability to focus.

EEOC Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability status, or veteran status.'