Sous Chef

Sous Chef

Job Category: Culinary Requisition Number: SOUSC004223

Posted: June 5, 2026

Full-Time On-site Grand Living at The Grove Austin, TX 78731, USA

Description

Grand Living is changing the way generations embrace life and is quickly becoming an iconic brand in senior hospitality. What began as a vision to create distinctive senior living communities has evolved into a collection of remarkable residences, offering luxury-inspired amenities and extraordinary service to residents and guests. Our communities include gracious apartments, stunning dcor and design excellence at every turn, but from the moment you are greeted, you'll experience something far more luxurious than the architecture: our people. Their unparalleled commitment to personal service in every engagement is at the very heart of what we do.

About the Position

The Sous Chef is responsible to enhance the overall Resident experience by assisting the Executive Chef through the provision of exceptional oversight and culinary training to kitchen employees. The Sous Chef assists Executive Chef with supervising and coordinating culinary activities for all dining venues: Bistro, Casual, Formal, Luminations memory care, and Club Room, as well as, special events and private functions. This is to be handled in The Sterling Touch professional, friendly, courteous, helpful and timely manner, resulting in a very high level of satisfaction for Residents and their guests. The Sous Chef position is under the general guidance of the Executive Chef in accordance with Community standards, processes, procedures, practices, and philosophies.

Qualifications and Requirements

The Sous Chef must possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• College or Culinary School Degree, required.
• Combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from Culinary school or any other combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Three or more years in Food and Beverage, country club, fine dining, restaurant or senior living hospitality experience.
• Scratch cooking experience, required.
• Saut and broiler experience, preferred.
• ServeSafe certification, preferred.
• Ability to read, write and understand the English language in order to direct, manage, hire and train kitchen staff, complete requisitions, read recipes and communicate with other employees as well as Residents and their guests.
• Sufficient manual dexterity of hands and arms in order to use all kitchen equipment and utensils (e.g. knives, spoons spatulas, tongs, slicers, etc.)
• Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, crouch, bend, stoop, reach, grasp, push, pull and work continuously without sitting for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift or carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform all essential functions within varying temperature ranges.

Benefits

For the Sous Chef, we offer competitive compensation & full benefits package for full-time employees including a generous new Paid Time Off (PTO) program of 3 weeks PTO in year 1, 4 weeks in second year. Insurance options and a 401K that matches up to 4% with a 5% contribution.

PTO at lesser rates for part-time staff. A high-end upscale environment including exquisite cuisine and free employee meals (must meet eligibility requirements), workout & spa facilities for resident and staff use.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Grand Living, our motto is "Your Life. Uniquely Embraced." We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all, where our differences aren't just accepted, but celebrated.

Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.