Sous Chef
About The Position
Mare Island Brewing Co. is seeking a seasoned and experienced Sous Chef to join their management team at the First Street Taphouse in Benicia. This role reports directly to the Head Chef, with oversight from the Food & Beverage Director, and is responsible for managing culinary operations. The First Street Taphouse features a creative seasonal menu, full table service, and is their most culinary-driven location. The company also operates a Coal Shed Brewery on Mare Island (production facility, event space, and food truck) and the Vallejo Ferry Taproom, their first location which has a fully realized kitchen. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to food production, command of kitchen operations including menu development, catering, to-go menus, food costing, vendor relations, ordering, spreadsheets, hiring/firing, scheduling, staff development, maintenance, emergency handling, and ideally, physical space build-outs. Excellent communication skills, a belief in craft beer (brew knowledge is a plus), a positive attitude, honesty, reliability, and common sense are essential. This is a demanding role requiring hard work, with significant opportunity for success and fun.
Requirements
- Seasoned and experienced Sous Chef
- Proven track record in food production
- Command of all aspects of managing and execution of kitchen operations
- Experience with menu development, seasonal specials, catering, and to-go menus
- Experience with food costing measures (inventory control, waste/spoilage, menu costing)
- Experience with vendor relations and ordering
- Experience with spreadsheets
- Experience with hiring/firing
- Experience with scheduling
- Experience with staff development
- Experience with maintenance/cleaning scheduling
- Experience dealing with emergencies
- Experience with physical space build outs (ideally)
- Excellent written, oral, and numbers communication
- Belief in the power of craft beer
- Unshakeable positive nature
- Sense of humor
- Honesty
- Reliability
- Good common sense
- Willingness to work super hard
Nice To Haves
- Brew knowledge
Responsibilities
- Managing culinary operations for the Benicia location
- Working with and reporting directly to the Head Chef
- Menu development
- Developing seasonal specials
- Catering menu development and execution
- To-go/box lunch menu development and execution
- Food costing measures (inventory control, waste/spoilage, menu costing)
- Vendor relations and ordering
- Hiring and firing staff
- Scheduling staff
- Staff development
- Maintenance and cleaning scheduling
- Dealing with emergencies
- Physical space build outs (ideally)
Benefits
- Paid vacation
- 401K (after probation period)
- Health reimbursement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
