Executive Sous Chef

Job Title: Sous chef Reports to: Executive Chef

Department: Culinary Location: Le Colonial (enter Location)

Job Purpose: The Sous Chef is responsible for supporting all daily kitchen operations and must be

proficient in every station, with the ability to step in and perform any role as needed. This

position serves as a key liaison between kitchen management and line staff, ensuring clear

communication, efficient execution, and adherence to standards.

The Sous Chef plays a critical role in leading, training, and motivating the team while

maintaining consistency in food quality, cleanliness, and compliance with all sanitation and

safety protocols. Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills are essential to

drive a high-performing and cohesive kitchen environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Planning and directing food preparation

• Responsible for managing kitchen staff to ensure food is prepared properly.

• Must monitor and ensure compliance with recipe specifications.

• Executes and supervises food production activities, e.g. proper cleaning, cutting,

marinating, seasoning, cooking of food items etc.

• Coordinates and controls kitchen helpers in food storage (e.g. maintaining tidiness,

following the first in – first out principle).

• Oversee day-to-day meat station production and operations in the kitchen which

includes the planning and directing of all food preparation.

• Monitors material consumption and orders required food and equipment on a daily

basis to satisfy the daily production plan.

• Ensure that the kitchen stations are properly organized, staffed and directed.

• Comply with and enforce sanitation regulations and safety standards.

Managing kitchen staff

• Must ensure that all kitchen staff in his area are performing at the level required by

kitchen management.

• All kitchen staff HAVE to wear proper uniform, and show up to work in a crisp fresh

look

• Demonstrates hands on approach to all kitchen stations by tasting products produced

in the station to insure quality, presentation and consistency standards meet company

standards.

• Assist with the development of standardized recipes for all menu items. Ensures that

recipes are accurate and updated as needed.

• With a “hands on approach” assign tasks effectively for the efficient use of allocated

labor ensuring maximum results are achieved and daily production needs have been

met in a timely, organized and efficient manner.

• Responsible for complete set up, cleanliness and organization of all kitchen areas.

• Must act as a manager, team leader and motivator for the kitchen staff working closely

with and maintaining good professional relationship with all culinary team members

and other departments.

• Must assist with documenting and enforcing food safety procedures and workplace

safety procedures.

• In case of an employee failed to comply with rules of conduct listed on Le colonial

employee handbook, Sous Chef is required to follow up with the employee and issue a

documentation to record the incident.

• Sous chef should be aware of the company’s rules of conduct listed on employee’s

handbook

This document is property of Le Colonial Restaurant Group, it shall not be copied, duplicated, Shared without a full consient of Group

ownership • Sous chef Must be able to assign cleaning schedules to kitchen porters and follow up

till completion

Training

• Responsible for training new employees and following up with them daily to ensure

they are trained properly on grill station.

• Work with Kitchen Admin to provide all necessary tools, documents, menus, training

materials for new hires.

• Must lead by example, be consistent and strive to only serve the best quality product.

Absolutely no short cuts!

• Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.

• Guide, motivate and develop employees. Reach out to Executive Chef, Director of

Operations when dealing with a challenging employee.

Expediting

• Required to expedite food from the line stations and responsible for arranging

tickets and ordering food preparation so that customers receive food in the order it

should be sent out.

• Must communicate with Main expo and other sous chefs to make sure all food on the

same ticket goes out at the same time.

Quality Control

• Responsible for ensuring that food that leaves the kitchen station is of the highest

quality and will make diners happy.

• Ensure that portions are correct and the food is plated in an attractive manner

according to our presentation guidelines.

• Work with Receiver and Conduct quality checks of goods received, if product is not

up to standards DO NOT USE IT.

• Responsible for the organization of cooler/ freezer and product rotation. The walk-

in cooler must be checked daily. Follow up with Butcher and prep team to make

sure all product is stored properly according to HACCP guidelines.

Financial

• Conduct food inventory every Month efficiently.

• Monitor product quality and report any product issues to Executive Chef

• Responsible for controlling and eliminating the waste of product.

• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested by Executive Chef

• Required to schedule accordingly, and monitor the labor cost

• Weekly schedules to be submitted to Executive Chef by Wednesday every week for

approval

• Check employees’ attendance daily, and record/ report any tardiness to Executive

chef

Required skills/ Qualifications:

• Experience in high quality freestanding restaurant desirable.

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

• Ability to solve problems in high stress situations.

• Excellent pastry knowledge and technique.

• Ability to execute projects.

• Basic sanitation procedure knowledge.

• Enthusiastic attitude with an earnest desire to learn.

This document is property of Le Colonial Restaurant Group, it shall not be copied, duplicated, Shared without a full consient of Group

ownership Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work standing on your feet for Extended times per day.

• Must be able to lift and carry at least 30 pounds.

• Must have color vision and depth perception for food preparation and food

presentation.

• Must be able to grasp, seize, turn, reach and hold objects with hands,

• It is necessary to have ability to communicate within kitchen.

Other Requirement

• Asian culinary background is preferred

• Food Safety Manager Certificate is required

• Food Allergen Certificate is required

• Only candidates with Sous Chef background will be considered

.

Health and Safety

• Ensure that all potential and real hazards are reported immediately and rectified.

• Be fully conversant with all fire and emergency procedures.

• Ensure that all staff within the kitchen works in a manner which is safe and

unlikely to give risk of harm or injury to themselves or others.

• Stimulate and encourage a general awareness of health and safety in relation to all

tasks and activities undertaken in the kitchen.

• Ensure that all members of the kitchen maintain the highest standards of personal

hygiene.

• Ensure BOH is in full compliance with local health code and maintain A rating

To be fully conversant with:

• Restaurant fire Safety procedures.

• Restaurant and company security procedures.

• Restaurant health and safety policy and procedures.

• Restaurant facilities and attractions.

• Restaurant standards of operation and department procedures.

• Current licensing regulations

• Short and long-term marketing promotions.

Position

Requirements

Education:

Experience

Other

• High school or equivalent education required. Minimum of two years of

culinary schooling preferred

• Minimum 3 years prior experience as a Sous Chef with exposure to food

trends 7 operations that are relevant in the current hospitality arena.

• CPR training and / or First Aid training preferred.

• Bilingual or multilingual ability preferred.

• Relevant Union Experience is preferred

Note

This job description reflects the job content at the time of writing and will be subject to periodic change.