Sous Chef (7357)

GENUINE FOODS•Odessa, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Sous Chef for Genuine Foods, you will ensure that students and families enjoy the scratch made and delicious meals they deserve! Genuine Foods is a progressive, rapidly growing food service company that serves schools and other institutions across the country. The Sous Chef collaborates with the Chef Manager and operations management team on menu development. This role involves helping execute exciting and engaging meals and menus, assisting in leading a team of cooks and food service workers, and contributing to the exceptional daily prep and service of each meal. Responsibilities also include overseeing on-site client visits and events, account management, and ensuring that all menu items produced are of high quality and delight the students relying on Genuine Foods' services for their meals.

Requirements

Previous high-volume production, catering, hotel, restaurant, or relevant experience
Comfortable with change, feedback, and the ability to be passionate when cooking from recipes that you didn’t make
Passion for seasonal ingredients and local sourcing
Experience in leading teams with varying culinary skill levels and interest
Commitment to continuous learning and on-going training
Demonstrated organizational and superior attention to detail skills
Superior ability to manage labor and food costs
Enjoys working with people and growing and developing a culinary team
Very comfortable working with numbers and technology

Responsibilities

Ensure students and families enjoy the scratch made and delicious meals they deserve
Help execute exciting and engaging meals and menus
Assist in leading a team of cooks and food service workers
Contribute to the exceptional daily prep and service of each meal
Oversee on-site client visits and events
Account management
Ensure that all menu items that are produced are of high quality and delight the students relying on our services for their meals
Execute and help craft seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for our clients while being mindful of client preferences, tastes and nutrition
Collaborate with the Chef and Food Service Director to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards
Ensure all items are cooked correctly based on recipe and standards
Comply with food safety and sanitation requirements
Assist in managing and coaching the team overseeing all aspects of daily food preparation & serving including culinary and operational excellence, staff/skills training, daily troubleshooting, recipe adherence, and site cleanliness and organization
Continuously improve and propel forward culinary aspects of operations from sourcing and receiving, to menu/recipe development and feedback