Fast Growing Restaurant Group Seeking Your Talent and Culinary Skills! Sous Chef
We are seeking an intelligent, honest, hard-working thinker to be a future leader in our service-focused, hospitality group.
Who we are:
An award-winning restaurant group, located in beautiful Downtown Sarasota, FL with three distinct dining concepts and plans for continued growth and expansion. Our original restaurant is ranked in the top 10 on TripAdvisor and performs amongst the highest in the industry in revenue per square foot. Founded by a business leader responsible for creating or launching 8 nationally-known brands in multiple industries, there aren’t any limits to what you can achieve here. These businesses all started small and grew to be the amongst the largest of their kinds in their respective industries. Today's business is well capitalized and invested in three unique dining concepts and a small beach-front resort currently.
Our brands include fine dining, premium casual and fast casual establishments. The primary focus is on customers and serving them fresh, high-quality foods. Then, the company focuses on team, vendors, shareholders and managers, in that order.
What we offer:
Market or above salary with bonus opportunity.
Work in an environment where customer satisfaction is guaranteed.
Vacation/PTO policy.
Strong culture of advancement from within.
Position Summary:
Lead an effective and well-prepared kitchen into and throughout service. Provide a professional and non-hostile work environment for all employees and promote growth across kitchen personnel through on-the-spot coaching and clear objectives within individual roles. Ensure preparation, execution, and presentation of food recipes meet the standards of the chef and our brand, and food is prepared and delivered in a consistent manner. Maintain a safe, orderly and sanitized kitchen through a set of standards that meet the requirements of local governing institutions and house procedures
Daily Operations
Lead an effective and productive kitchen by ensuring each and every member of the team feels he/she is part of the company vision
Drive employees to participate in and achieve our end goal of serving guests in a highly hospitable, creative and consistent manor
Create a daily production list for all positions prior to their arrival and hold them responsible for the completion of those lists
Ensure all stations are fully stocked before, during and after a shift, setting up the next shift for success
Check work stations periodically throughout a shift to makes sure staff is complaint with health and safety protocols
Verify kitchen staff follows all recipes and practices portion control standards set by the chef
Ensure that staff maintain a philosophy of cleaning-as-you-go and maintain organization as all time
Place food and supply orders in a timely manner; communicate any shortages to supervisor when applicable
Practice proper receiving protocols to ensure product freshness, quality, quantity and price; make sure product invoices are received by office management
Assist in the hiring, training and discipline of all kitchen personnel
Assist in the creation and maintenance of kitchen employee files: ensure new hire paperwork is complete with office management prior to start-date, document any disciplinary action and keep in employee’s file, etc.
Participate in management dialogue through meetings and emails; assume full leadership duties for the department in the absence of the Chef
Manage staffing pars throughout a shift based on volume of business; control labor with an awareness of overtime
Control food costs by monitoring portion control, pilferage and waste through effective ordering practices and physical count