SOUS CHEF (FULL TIME)

Sous Chef (Full Time)

We are hiring full-time Sous Chefs at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH, with an immediate start date. Candidates must have previous cooking and supervisory experience, and the position offers a pay range of $22.00 to $25.00 per hour. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends, and hours may vary. Essential duties include cooking, supervising food service associates, and ensuring food safety and sanitation standards are met. CulinArt offers a range of benefits for full-time employees, including medical, dental, and retirement plans.

Job Summary: Helps Executive Chef prepare and cook foods. Coordinates activities of cooks and other food-service associates. Assumes responsibility for kitchen and food-service associates in the absence of Executive Chef. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Cooks and prepares food following approved recipes and production standards. Ensures all deadlines are met based on production orders. Supervises hourly food service associates. Includes interviewing, scheduling, payroll, training, counseling, participating in reviews and recommending disciplinary action, as appropriate. Stores food in designated areas following all corporate, state and federal food safety and sanitation procedures. Ensures proper food handling, presentation, portion control and maintenance of appropriate serving temperatures. Maintains sanitation of equipment, supplies and utensils. Cleans workstation thoroughly before leaving area. Keeps display equipment clean and free of debris during meal service to comply with all sanitation, safety, production and merchandising requirements. Interacts with customers to resolve complaints in a friendly, service-oriented manner. Relays relevant information directly to supervisor. Demonstrates complete understanding of daily menu items and accurately explains them to associates and customers. Keeps up with peak production and service hours. Monitors inventory and deliveries of product and supplies. Tracks product production, consumption and waste. Informs supervisor when supplies or product are low. Performs other duties as assigned.