Sous Chef

Job Description

Job Description

Living Room

A home away from home where creatives celebrate music, art, design and culture. We are a private membership club open to members and their guests only.

The Role

At Living Room, The Sous Chef is motivated to positively influence the kitchen team to follow the direction of the Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef in planning, organizing, and managing the Kitchen Department according to company policies and state standards. As the Sous Chef, your duties will include recruiting and training new employees, adhering food preferences as well as working with the Executive Chef on developing new menu options.

A successful Sous Chef is a strong communicator, organized, and showcases in-depth knowledge of various cuisines, stations on the line, cooking styles, ingredients, equipment, and processes.

• Lead by example and alongside the Executive Chef to deliver effective and efficient dining experiences by overseeing the back-of-house operation, staffing, food production, accommodating special requests, dietary restrictions, and following allergy procedure
• Establish professional relationships with the team and provide educational opportunities to teach and develop skills in other areas of the business
• Support education and training demos, and on-the-job staff development to ensure safe work habits and proper processes as well as procedures if encountered with a dangerous or unsafe situation
• Influence process to run an effective and efficient kitchen while maintaining the highest food quality and controls for all dishes served
• Manage staff schedules, payroll, kitchen set up / break down, production, prep is completed, and staff wear the proper uniform, as well as disciplinary procedures, are followed when applicable
• Financial component, purchasing within budget guidelines, achieving cost off food and expectations.
• Instill teamwork and synergy exists between the front and back-of-house staff through proper communication and delegate tasks and staff tasks to ensure smooth service and kitchen operations
• Monitoring daily production, consistency, quantity, and wastage
• To attend Leadership training and meetings as and when required.

Develop, support, and administer an effective employee relations program to include employee coaching & counseling process, employee recognition programs, ensure a positive and supportive work environment

Requirements

Benefits

Why Join

Our Team Culture

At Living Room, we are deeply passionate about our work and we believe that hospitality is a noble pursuit because it’s fundamentally human and an ideal worth chasing. We seek out those that share these beliefs as an inherent second nature and our team member culture is how we bring this idea to life. Our guiding pillars- Be Human, Be Curious, Be Empathetic, Be Soulful, and Be Honest demand that we embody these values in all that we do.