Central Market Sous Chef - Preston

Central Market • Dallas, TX

3d

About The Position

The Sous Chef oversees daily responsibilities of kitchen staff, including line cooks and prep cooks, to produce products for the Chef’s Case, Soup/Salad/Sandwich Bar, and Catering. The role also assists in scheduling staff to meet production needs within budget guidelines and maintains clean, sanitary kitchen, walk-in, and storage areas.

The Sous Chef is responsible for total kitchen production when the Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef is absent. The position assists with new product development and menu costing and exercises independent judgment in employment-related and business decisions, including recommendations or actions involving hiring, promotion, discipline, suspension, discharge, rewards, and other Partner-related matters. Duties may change based on business needs, and other job-related tasks may be assigned by a supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Requirements

• Experience in ordering, inventory maintenance, and shrink control.
• Professional Culinary Degree or equivalent combination of culinary training and/or experience.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to execute high-volume production.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.
• Excellent culinary and food-processing skills.
• Ability to maintain an efficient operation and troubleshoot and report equipment malfunctions.
• Ability to supervise, train, and cross-train kitchen staff.
• Ability to maintain sanitation standards throughout the work area.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including opening, closing, and weekend shifts.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with automated reporting systems, including inventory, food cost, scheduling, time and attendance, and labor systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily work of line cooks and prep cooks to produce items for the Chef’s Case, Soup/Salad/Sandwich Bar, and Catering.
• Assist in scheduling Partners to produce required products within budgetary guidelines.
• Maintain clean and sanitary kitchen, walk-in, and storage areas.
• Use independent judgment in employment-related and business decisions, or effectively recommend such decisions, including hiring, promoting, disciplining, suspending, discharging, rewarding, and resolving Partner-related matters.
• Be responsible for total kitchen production in the absence of the Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef.
• Assist in new product development and menu costing.
• Supervise, train, and cross-train kitchen staff.
• Maintain sanitation standards throughout the work area.
• Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and report them.
• Perform other job-related tasks as requested by a supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed