Sous Chef-Boston

Working directly under the Executive Chef, the Sous Chef is responsible for planning and directing food preparation in the kitchen. He/she supervises other kitchen staff, keeps abreast of any problems that arise in the kitchen and seizes control of a situation at a moment’s notice. The Sous Chef makes sure that food quality and presentation are of the highest standards from kitchen to the table.
Responsibilities:

- Commit to passionately, intensely, uncompromisingly humble hospitality and high-quality guest experience

- Work with the executive chef to produce diversified menu items in accordance with the restaurant’s policy and vision

- Monitor the hygiene and food safety standards of all stages of food preparation, starting with the ingredients and ending with the finished dish which leaves the kitchen

- Handle volume and stress with poise and finesse

- Organize and manage the expo process in the kitchen

- Uphold the standard of high-quality food above all else

- Understand that simple, rustic, authentic food takes as much – if not more – talent as dainty colors pooled in the middle of a big plate
Skills:

- Share the passion for food, wine and the guest experience

- Ability to maintain a close relationship with the people that grow, forage, fish and fabricate our ingredients, making sure their standards are as high as ours

- Excellent time manageability skills

- Active listening and learning skills

- Ability to teach techniques and strategies to those under you

- Basic computer skills for menu building
Working Conditions

- Be able to withstand the pressure and strain of working in close quarters

- Hours may vary if Chef must fill in for his/her colleagues or if emergencies arise

- Position requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing 45 pounds, and repetitive hand and wrist motion

- Work with hot, cold, and hazardous equipment
Education/Experience:

- 1-3 years of high volume kitchen experience

- Culinary degree preferred