Sous Chef Hilton Garden Inn / Ventanas

Sous Chef Hilton Garden Inn / Ventanas

Hilton Garden Inn Food and Beverage - Atlanta, GA 30303

Overview

Salary Range $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 Salary/year Position Type Full Time Category Restaurant - Food Service

Description

Position Summary: Responsible for the daily operations of the kitchen, and provides professional leadership and direction to kitchen personnel. The Sous Chef will provide insight into the Company culture through established policies and procedures. This position is responsible for maintaining food quality while promoting consistency and excellence by using the established recipes and procedures. This manager will ensure that all recipes, food preparations, and presentations meet restaurant's specifications and commitment to quality. This manager will maintain a safe, orderly and sanitized kitchen and will demonstrate this by example, using proper food-handling techniques.

We offer an extremely competitive pay, exceptional benefits, unheard of generous 401(k) match with a minimal waiting period (NO VESTING SCHEDULE!), perks galore and a family feel with corporate support structure. As the Sous Chef you will have input for the seasonal menu as well as handle all Banquet events with the support of your tenured heart of house staff.

Along with the full service breakfast served in our dedicated City View the Sous Chef will assist in all banquet events including our premier rooftop space....Ventanas. Ventanas is a private event facility that features dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows revealing a breathtaking view of Downtown and Midtown Atlanta. This extraordinary all-encompassing event venue is conveniently perched atop the fourteenth and fifteenth stories of the Park Pavilion building, which includes a 2,500 square foot outdoor patio, overlooking downtown Atlanta's Centennial Park District.

Primary Duties:

• Prepares daily production list.
• Ensures that staff keeps all stations stocked before and during the meal period.
• Verifies that kitchen staff follows all recipes and portions servings correctly.
• Expert management of the expo and ticket lines - ensuring timeliness, consistency and quality in every dish that leaves our kitchen!
• Keeps kitchen, dish, and storage areas clean and organized.
• Places food and supply orders as directed.
• Receives product be verifying invoice and freshness of product.
• Hires and trains employees to company standards.
• Sets excellent customer service and work examples.
• Actively participates as a member of the management team.
• Manages staffing levels throughout shift.
• Performs additional responsibilities, although not detailed, as requested by the Executive Chef/General Manager at any time.
• 90% of time standing and 10% of time sitting.
• Direct contact with guests, managers and employees.
• Behaves professionally and can be flexible in a changing environment.
• Must be able to carry loads greater than 35 pounds, and be able to transport up to 70 pounds regularly.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• College or culinary training preferred.
• A minimum of 1 year working as a SC or ASC in high volume kitchen.
• Extensive cooking and production experience is a must.
• Commitment to quality service, and food and beverage knowledge.
• Basic math and computer skills. Revel/Micros/Aloha experience a plus.
• Knowledge of basic training techniques.
• Awareness of local, state and federal health and sanitation laws.
• Understanding of proper use and maintenance of major kitchen equipment, including stoves, refrigeration, fryers, slicer, knives, burr mixer and dish machine.
• Ability to work in a high-energy and demanding environment

The company seeks and rewards team members who demonstrate intelligence, judgment, a capacity to anticipate, loyalty, integrity, a high energy level, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.

Legacy Ventures Restaurants is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. LVR also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

Legacy Ventures Restaurants participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.