Executive Sous Chef

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Executive Sous Chef to join our team at Chartwells HE. As a key member of our culinary team, you will be responsible for assisting the Executive Chef in preparing and cooking high-quality food, while ensuring exceptional customer service and maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cook and prepare food following approved recipes and production standards, ensuring all deadlines are met based on production orders.
• Supervise hourly food service associates, including interviewing, scheduling, payroll, training, counseling, participating in reviews, and recommending disciplinary action as needed.
• Store food in designated areas, following all corporate, state, and federal food safety and sanitation procedures.
• Ensure proper food handling, presentation, portion control, and maintenance of appropriate serving temperatures.
• Maintain sanitation of equipment, supplies, and utensils, cleaning workstations thoroughly before leaving the area.
• Interact with customers to resolve complaints in a friendly and service-oriented manner, relaying relevant information directly to supervisors.
• Demonstrate a complete understanding of daily menu items and accurately explain them to associates and customers.
• Keep up with peak production and service hours, monitoring inventory and deliveries of product and supplies, tracking product production, consumption, and waste, and informing supervisors when supplies or product are low.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The Benefits:

We offer a range of benefits to support the well-being and success of our associates, including opportunities for training and development, a retirement plan, associate shopping program, health and wellness programs, discount marketplace, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and voluntary benefits such as critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal services, and choice auto and home program.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that values and respects the contributions of all associates. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to our success and the success of our customers.