Sous Chef

West Village restaurant Libertine seeks a professional, hard-working and capable Sous Chef to join and help lead the team.

Libertine is a new French bistro opening in May of 2023 on an historic corner of the West Village. Serving updated riffs on traditional and forgotten regional French dishes alongside natural wine and producer-driven cocktails, Libertine aims to celebrate local Northeastern American agriculture through a distinctly Francophilic lens.

Overview :

The Sous Chef must supervise all phases of receiving, storing, preparing, producing, service, and sanitation alongside the Executive Sous and Executive Chef.

This role is expected to maintain quality, product consistency, food and labor cost controls, and assist in managing line level employees.

The ideal candidate will assist in leading the BOH team with the production of food at all stations, supporting line cooks when needed, as well as overseeing all aspects of cost control.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Responsible for maintaining standards of food quality
• Supervise and direct food preparation and production
• Directing cooks to ensure compliance with occupational, health, and safety standards
• Managing cooks and other kitchen personnel and coordinating their assignments
• Assures that all team members have all food items prepared to proper specifications in a timely manner
• Maintain kitchen in clean, organized manner, with all food items labeled and dated
• Assist in ordering and receiving necessary food products and supplies
• Ensures daily that the kitchen is staffed appropriately, the kitchen is clean, inventory levels are appropriate, and equipment is working properly
• Certify standards on equipment and work areas are maintained by implementing a preventative maintenance program

Position Requirements :

• Advanced culinary skills including food preparation, sauce making and other cooking best practices
• Comfortable training, directing and supervising kitchen staff
• Strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving techniques; Professional, friendly, and punctual.
• Must demonstrate leadership skills, be a team-player and work well with others
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Attention to detail and consistency with implementing standards.
• Strong understanding of food safety and Department of Health standards

Other Duties :

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change.