Sous Chef

Job Description

Job Description

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for food, customer service, and operational excellence. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where creativity and trust are at the heart of everything you do. If so, we want you to join our team as a Sous Chef at Puff ‘n Stuff, a premier catering company dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences.

At Puff ‘n Stuff, we don’t just cater events—we create memorable experiences. Our team is driven by four core values: 

• Passion: We love what we do and take pride in delivering exceptional food and service.                                        

• Customer Focus: We go above and beyond to exceed client expectations.                                                                 

• Trust: We build lasting relationships with clients, partners, and team members through integrity and reliability.                       

• Creativity: We embrace innovation to craft unique culinary and event experiences.

Puff 'n Stuff Catering is looking for a Sous Chef to assist creating innovative menus and recipes and managing the kitchen activities and staff to achieve the highest level of client satisfaction whilst maintaining profitability.

As a working manager in a high volume Catering Commissary, the Sous Chef ensures perfection from inception through execution while exhibiting exemplary leadership, partnership, creativity and passion in conjunction with the Executive Chef.

Primary Job Functions:

• Communicate with Culinary Team regularly to provide proper direction, clear expectations, performance feedback, and necessary coaching
• Train and supervise the Culinary Team, both in-house and on-site, to ensure the production of high quality foods on a consistent basis, implementing and or maintaining new training procedures to enhance performance of team, and prepare for future promotion opportunities
• Ensure culinary standards, including recipes, and production procedures, are being followed consistently both in-house and on-site ensuring the production of high quality foods.
• Travel to events within the region to provide training, support and quality control for the dispatched culinary teams
• Assist in leading culinary team during Disaster Relief contracts as necessary
• Actively seek out new information to keep current with culinary and seasonal trends, including service and presentation styles

  Requisite Skills and Experience:

• A degree in Culinary Arts or a related certification and or
• Minimum 2-4 years of culinary management experience, preferably in high volume, multi-outlet resort, restaurant or food service facility with verifiable progressive career development
• experience in successfully managing and meeting goals as it relates to  budgets, labor, team performance, health code and inspections 
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational and interpersonal communication skills
• Enthusiasm for hospitality industry and culinary innovation
• Proficient with standard technology, including computers, tablets and smart phones, Microsoft Office products with a focus on Excel.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the region and work nights and weekends and some Holidays.
• Solid understanding of Federal, State and local food sanitation regulations

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation available, commensurate with experience and leadership abilities
• Benefits available including health and dental coverage, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid time off