Sous Chef

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources
• Bonus based on performance
• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule

Position Overview: The Sous Chef is a key leadership role in our kitchen, responsible for managing the back of house (BOH) operations during shifts. This includes food preparation, cooking, inventory management, and team supervision. The Sous Chef ensures that all kitchen operations run smoothly, maintaining high standards of food quality and safety.


Responsibilities:

• Oversee and run BOH operations, ensuring efficient shift activities, from food prep to cooking and cleanup.
• Lead pre-shift meetings, conduct regular line, temperature, and cooler checks, and organize food tastings to maintain food quality.
• Collaborate with the General Manager (GM) and management team to maintain and update recipe books and standards.
• Perform regular line checks to ensure the quality of all menu items.
• Manage the ordering and purchasing of food products and supplies, ensuring cost-effective operations.
• Track and control food costs and assist in financial management related to kitchen operations.
• Facilitate effective communication across all teams to ensure timely production and service.
• Lead the recruitment, training, and development of all BOH staff, fostering an environment of learning and growth.
• Inspire the kitchen team, promoting creativity, morale, and high performance through hands-on leadership and example.
• Direct service flow in the kitchen, expediting as needed to contribute to timely and smooth service.
• Assist in the development and introduction of new dishes and menu items, ensuring thorough training and rollout.
• Supervise and train line cooks and prep staff, ensuring adherence to quality standards and procedures.

Key Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Sous Chef in a full-service restaurant, demonstrating strong leadership and kitchen management skills.
• Expertise in food preparation and cooking, with a deep understanding of kitchen operations.
• Skilled in inventory management, including ordering and purchasing supplies needed for daily operations.
• Strong ability to lead, manage, and develop kitchen staff, promoting a culture of teamwork and respect.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively coordinating between the front of house (FOH) and BOH.
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to handle guest, vendor, and staff challenges with tact and professionalism.
• Flexibility to work various shifts across multiple locations, including early mornings, late nights, weekends, and occasional overnight travel.
• Physical stamina to handle the demands of the kitchen, including moving and lifting up to 50 pounds.

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Based in San Antonio, Texas, Southerleigh Hospitality Group is an independent fully integrated restaurant and hospitality company, owning and managing various restaurants and food concepts such as, Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery, Southerleigh Brewery, Southerleigh Haute South and Brasserie Mon Chou Chou.

Southerleigh Hospitality Group is a strong group of foodies who are obsessed with connecting people with savory, comfort, flavorful food experiences and they make no excuses about it. With an unwavering passion for palette tantalizing menus, the restaurants serve up decadent cuisine along with distinguished hand-crafted beers for food lovers abound. The friendly neighborhood gathering places make every visit an unforgettably fun social dining experience.


Southerleigh Fine Food and Brewery:

The first Southerleigh restaurant, Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery, was launched by renowned Chef Jeff Balfour in April 2015. Located in the heart of one of the most valuable and recognizable modern-day developments in the U.S. called "Pearl", based on its late-1800's start as a beer production facility and now the jewel of the food scene in San Antonio, Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery, quickly became the recipe of success preparing smart exceptional comfort food and sought-after hand-crafted beers. As the cornerstone successful restaurant and brewery of the 18-acre property, local and national visitors alike were elated that once again, beer was flowing from the taps and the livelihood of the Southerleigh atmosphere was in full swing.


Balfour brought together the best of the new and old, as he created a unique culinary concept by taking Texas' cross-cultural cuisine, influenced by his native coastal upbringing in Galveston, Texas, and combined it with Head Brewer Les Locke's unique craftsmanship of distinguished custom brews, all orchestrated by the French General Manager, Phillipe Placé. The extraordinary setting, extreme attention to detail, and the endless pursuit of creating memorable meal experiences were the foundation for Southerleigh's blueprint.

With a fanatical obsession for connecting people with fun, memorable dining experiences, and an indisputable knack for finding the right up and coming locations, the Southerleigh Restaurant family continued to grow.


Southerleigh Haute South:

In August 2019, Southerleigh Hospitality Group announced plans to expand by replicating the successful blueprint to more locations in San Antonio. With the original restaurant and brewery in the heart of downtown San Antonio, new gathering places were selected in the northern and southern districts of the city. A new concept opened its doors in September 2020, Southerleigh Haute South, with two locations, first one in the fastest-growing commerce, life, and leisure destination in the northwest part of San Antonio known as the RIM and a second one in the up-and-coming community of Brooks on the Southeast side. Those friendly community locations will be home to the leading fried chicken fine-casual dining experience.

Brasserie Mon Chou Chou

In November 2020, Southerleigh Hospitality Group is launching a new restaurant, Brasserie Mon Chou Chou that will feature quintessential French comfort food that showcases simple, earthy, flavorful dishes from regions throughout France. As opposed to upscale French restaurants, brasseries are more informal, serving full dinner options but also allowing for a more casual atmosphere of just wine, oysters, cheese plates and more. The menu at Mon Chou Chou will feature classic, but accessible, French comfort foods that will appeal to a range of guests.


The new restaurant was conceptualized in partnership with Chef Réa and Southerleigh Hospitality Group partners Jerome Serot, Philippe Placé and Chef Jeff Balfour. Réa, Placé and Serot all hail from France, did not meet until they all ended up in San Antonio in 2001. Nineteen years of friendship later, they have joined forces to bring the comforts and flavors of their native France to Pearl.


Chef Rea started his career in culinary school in Strasbourg, France. After a successful start in various world-class restaurants such as The Lygon Arm Hotel in Broadway, England, and Ca'Savio in Venice, Italy, Rea had an opportunity to join Paul Bocuse and Roger Vergé's restaurant, Chef de France, in Orlando, FL. Chef Rea then moved to San Antonio and worked at several restaurants prior to joining Southerleigh Hospitality Group as the Executive Chef of Brasserie Mon Chou Chou.

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