Sous Chef

Your future, our legacyHotel Hotel Bel-Air Division & Department Food & Beverage - Kitchen Job Title Sous Chef Contract Type Permanent Status Full time Position Overview We care about your career and are known for having the absolute best people in the industry. When you join us as a Sous Chef you start a unique opportunity to become celebrated as the very best in your field. You'll learn not only from your fellow Legends, but also through our award-winning learning academy, so that you can achieve the highest standards of craft, service, and leadership and become a legend in your own story. What you'll get As a Sous Chef at Hotel Bel-Air, here are just some of the great benefits you will receive: Medical/Dental/Vison Benefits Pension/401k Plan Sick Time Paid Time Off Free Meals on Duty Uniform provided with complimentary laundry included Exclusive Access to a discount platform featuring 1000s of retailers Hotel Benefits: Complimentary stays with breakfast included in all Dorchester Collection hotels - stay once a year at each hotel 50% off at restaurants within all of our Dorchester Collection hotels As a Sous Chef at Hotel Bel-Air you will be compensated a yearly salary between the range of $81,000 to $ 84,000. What you'll do You'll love what you do and take pride in delighting our guests: • You will be responsible for supervising and supporting our culinary team. Our Sous Chef tracks the kitchen's inventory, places orders, monitors equipment maintenance and condition, and ensures that a kitchen operates alongside state and federal health and safety codes during their day. This will include food production, preparation, plating and garnishing to ensure our guests receives nothing but the best experience. • You'll also have the ability to cook and cover any service and must be flexible to the operation schedule. • Our Sous Chefs are the Artists of our hotel Entrusted with the delegation of main kitchen line management and technical food production implementing direction of Executive Chef. • Our values of, Passion, Personality, Respect, Working Together and Creativity guide us each and every day. As a Sous Chef you'll have the opportunity to bring these to life and continue to create our legacy. • Sometimes our guests have special requests involving the planning and development of menus and recipes, ensuring the correct preparation and presentation of a consistent level for all food items prepared through production and demonstration, utilizing creative menu planning to minimize waste. Performing special duties as requires such as acknowledging dietary restrictions and even special occasions. Most of these requests are fulfilled by or with assistance of Sous Chefs. • Our hotels are truly luxury hotels. This requires preventing and correcting the imperfections and blemishes that tend to come up. Our Sous Chef are relied upon to report these and work with several other positions to correct. • While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfil cleaning tasks occasionally. Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity. Must be able to sit at a desk for up to 5 hours per day. Walking and standing are required the rest of the working day. Length of time of these tasks may vary from day to day and task to task. Ability to perform cutting skills on work surfaces, topped with cutting boards, 3 to 4 feet in height (kitchen, pastry kitchen, etc.). Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a regular and continuing basis. Most work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature generally is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures. • Due to the nature of the hospitality industry, employees are required to work varying schedules, including weekends and holidays, to accommodate the business and demands of the hotel. The items shared are the essence of a day in the life of a Sous Chef, but we'll make sure you are provided with specifics on how we care for our hotel. What you'll bring • You'll bring your unique personality and passion to the role and the team. • You have a talent for being detail oriented, building relationships and working as a team. • Communication is what keeps our departments running perfectly. You have great communication skills with a strong customer service ethic. • English is the primary language used in our hotel. You can comfortably communicate in this language. • Strong interpersonal skills. • Previous hotel and/or culinary experience is preferred but not required. Position locationJob Location USA Location 701 Stone Canyon Road 90077 Los Angeles