Sous Chef, Full Time

Job summary

The Sous Chef manages daily food operations, including menu planning, food preparation, and inventory control. They are also responsible for supervising staff, ensuring health and safety compliance, and maintaining budgetary controls.

Job details

Now, if you were to come on board as one of our Sous Chefs, we’d ask you to do the following for us: Perform a variety of duties in the management, presentation and administration tasks. Performs other related duties such as ordering, receiving, storage, taking inventory, cleaning, account reporting, training, directing and communicating with clients. Also responsible for the preparation, cooking and presenting of special functions as required. * Reporting directly to the Food & Beverage / Operations Manager, you will be responsible for managing the day to day food operations at the facility. * You will handle all phases of food preparation, menu planning and development, operation planning and expenditures, sales revenue generation, costing and maintaining proper inventory levels. * Responsible for training of associates, scheduling and supervising, as well as addressing and resolving employee relation issues. * The position will ensure the unit has strict compliance of the Compass Quality Assurance and Health and Safety Program, Occupational Health & Safety Act and WHMIS regulations. * Ensuring Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) standards are followed in the food preparation process. * Ordering of all products in accordance with Compass Group’s purchasing specifications. * Maintaining inventory control and reporting as per Compass Group fiscal schedule. * Ensuring all temperature records are accurately filled in on a daily basis. * Preparing menus for daily service as well as special functions. * Hands on food preparation for daily service as well as special functions. * Maintaining appropriate budgetary and cost controls. * Implementing and control a good rotation policy for all food. * Implementing and manage the Quality Assurance program as outlined by the company and the client, including weekly and monthly audits. * Providing regular operations reports to the Food & Beverage / Operations Manager. * Any other requirements as requested by the Food & Beverage / Operations Manager. Think you have what it takes to be our Sous Chef? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role. * Minimum of 2 years related management/supervision experience in a fast paced food service environment * Comprehensive knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls and presentation * Proven management skills * Strong supervisory skills, capable of motivating, leading and developing associates * Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) * Able to work in a fast paced environment and readily acceptable to change work priorities at any time * Must be very flexible (Available to work evening and weekends). Position is events driven. * Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel and Outlook)

What you’ll do

The Sous Chef manages daily food operations, including menu planning, food preparation, and inventory control. They are also responsible for supervising staff, ensuring health and safety compliance, and maintaining budgetary controls.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 2 years of management or supervisory experience in a fast-paced food service environment. Strong knowledge of food safety standards, catering trends, and proficiency in Microsoft Office are required.

Listed skills

• Training · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Cost Control · Preferred
• Operations Management · Preferred
• Food preparation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Microsoft Office · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Food preparation
• Menu planning
• Inventory management
• Staff supervision
• Budgetary control
• Quality assurance
• HACCP compliance
• Health and safety
• Training
• Communication
• Microsoft Office
• Cost control
• Operations management
• Catering trends
• Employee relations
• Menu Planning
• Employee Relations
• Supervision
• Planning
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Auditing
• Management
• Cooking
• Food Services
• Occupational Safety And Health
• Sales
• Food Preparation
• Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Hazard Analysis
• Inventory Management
• Microsoft Outlook
• Operations Management
• Operations
• Sanitation
• Purchasing
• Quality Assurance
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems
• Scheduling

Job areas

• Food & Beverage
• Management & Leadership
• Hospitality
• Sous Chef
• Chefs
• Chefs and Head Cooks

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