Sous Chef

The Sous Chef position is a fast paced leadership and culinary production role at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown! Take your culinary career to the next level and join our Hilton Charlotte Uptown Team! The Sous Chef will guide and participate in all operations in the Culinary & Restaurant departments. This will include guiding thepreparation,presentation, andexecutionof mealsand food product for a high volume three meal hotelrestaurantCoastal Kitchen and Bar, In-Room Dining and Banquet Catering for events and conferences of up to 800 guests.Duties associated with this role including following food safety guidelines, guiding cooksin their section in preparing, cooking, and presenting culinary dishes; enforcing strict health and hygiene standards in the kitchen; ordering all required food product and beverage product inventory, scheduling team members according to business levels and participating in a variety of F&B functions. The Sous Chef will partner with the Executive Chef to achieve departmental goals and support Culinary team members as needed. Candidatemust be veryhigh energy,organized, professionaland comfortable working infast paced and high volumeenvironment. Key job requirements and duties: Minimum of 2 years of culinary supervisory experience within a full-service hotel property or similar environment experience is required Work directly with banquet staff and banquet cooks to execute banquet event orders and oversee product quality and production levels Maintaining prepared product from the banquet staff by use of self-developed prep lists, task lists, daily tasks to ensure banquet kitchen stays ahead of business levels Advanced knowledge of the principles and techniques with the culinary profession including food costing skills, purchasing, cost controls and food safety knowledge required Ability to manage and motivate a team, ability to produce high quality menus and excel in a high volume and fast paced environment required Ability to work a varied schedule, including evenings and weekends is required Hilton Charlotte Uptownis an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email View email address on click.appcast.io or call 704-331-4311to let us know the nature of your request. Qualifications Skills Preferred Problem Solving Intermediate Detail Oriented Intermediate Behaviors Preferred Leader : Inspires teammates to follow them Detail Oriented : Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well Education Required High School or better. Experience Required 2 years: Experience in a high volume banquet setting 2 years: Culinary supervisory experience within a full-service hotel property or similar environment. Preferred 3 years: In culinary field Licenses & Certifications Preferred ServSafe Food Handler Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr