Executive Sous Chef

Barcelona Wine Bar

$80K — $85K *
Food & Beverages
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 years of culinary experience
  • High-volume restaurant experience preferred
  • Excellent kitchen management record
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Effective communication and leadership abilities
  • Knowledge of cooking trends and best practices
  • Proficiency in various computer software programs

Responsibilities

  • Plan and direct all food preparation activities
  • Create or modify menus to maintain quality standards
  • Estimate food requirements and manage costs
  • Supervise kitchen staff and their activities
  • Manage portion control to minimize waste
  • Coordinate equipment purchases and repairs
  • Recruit and oversee kitchen staff
  • Resolve any problems or complaints promptly
  • Final touch on prepared plates for presentation
  • Perform essential administrative tasks
  • Ensure compliance with nutrition and sanitation regulations
  • Maintain professionalism with coworkers and guests
  • Deliver a humble and high-quality hospitality experience
  • Manage stress and heavy volume with confidence
  • Uphold high standards of food quality
  • Appreciate the artistry in rustic and authentic food

Benefits

  • Opportunity for creative menu development
  • Collaboration with local ingredient producers
  • Supportive working environment focused on quality
  • Chance to lead and train a dedicated kitchen team
  • Hands-on involvement in culinary trends
Full Job Description
The Executive Sous Chef must be able to cook different and delicious food items, while leading the kitchen staff team and managing the inventory of food and supplies for the week. The Executive Chef will be responsible for creating the restaurant's menu and adjusting it depending on the seasonality or availability of food.

Responsibilities:
  • Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities
  • Modify menus or create new ones that meet quality standards
  • Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs
  • Supervise kitchen staff's activities
  • Oversee portion control and quantities of preparation to minimize waste
  • Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs
  • Recruit and manage kitchen staff
  • Rectify arising problems or complaints
  • Give prepared plates the "final touch"
  • Perform administrative duties
  • Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
  • Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and guests
  • Commit to passionately, intensely, uncompromisingly humble hospitality and high-quality guest experience
  • Handle volume and stress with aplomb and finesse
  • Hold 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 with plate

Skills:
  • Share the passion for food, wine and the guest experience
  • 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 record of kitchen management
  • Ability to spot and resolve problems efficiently
  • Capable of delegating multiple tasks
  • Communication and leadership skills
  • Keep up with cooking trends and best practices
  • Working knowledge of various computer software programs

Working Conditions
  • Be able to withstand the pressure and strain of working in close quarters
  • Position requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing 45 pounds, and repetitive hand and wrist motion.

Education/Experience:
  • 8-years of experience
  • High volume restaurant experience is a plus


Salary Description

80,000.00-85,000.00

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