Restaurant Sous Chef – Casual Dining – Scratch Kitchen – N106

Patrice & Associates
Bethesda, MD
$70K-$79K a year
Full-time

Why people LOVE working for this company!

  • Privately Held- USA Based company since 1994
  • 100% Scratch KitchenEvery unit has an Open / 100% Scratch kitchen / No to little FREEZER space - all foods are handmade DAILY
  • POLISHED / UPCASUAL High Volume, Full Service, Full Bar
  • Recognized by Nations Restaurant News in 2016 as "The Top 20 Emerging Restaurants"
  • Not just another restaurant-There was no shortage of restaurants when Our Client first opened in 1994. There was, however, a shortage of great restaurants with reasonable prices in the suburbs.

Tired of driving too far and paying too much...

  • Privately held - allows for responsible growth, no public pressures that could compromise quality and commitment to FRESH, SCRATCH MEALS
  • 30 units in 6 states 8 New store openings in last 18 months!!
  • Strong Growth / Expanding! 2 to 3 new stores / year (Goal / Forward)...
  • Superior customer service ( Plus one mentality)
  • Team Environment / Positive Culture
  • HIGH ENERGY and MAJOR HUSTLE REQUIRED
  • Truly invests in their people - they pay employees VERY WELL- Top Tier! (Instead of paying as little as they can get away with), invests in top-quality training
  • Excellent hours of operation - Stores open at 11am and closing times vary by location maybe 9

Position Overview & Responsibilities

  • Handles all Guest allergies with the utmost care and caution and is ultimately responsible for ensuring our Guests receive safe meals.
  • Promote our client's mission and guiding values
  • Understand, comply with, and enforce : All Company policies, procedures, and operating standards. All federal / state / local laws and ordinances.
  • Assist with the inventory, purchasing, receiving, and storage of Company specified products.
  • Drive top-line sales.
  • Demonstrate P & L awareness and accountability.
  • Train, coach, and counsel Team Members and facilitates their development.
  • Evaluates Team Member performance regularly through one-on-ones and action planning prioritizing based on performance gaps.
  • Ensures that all operations, recipe, specifications books, and training materials are current and maintained.
  • Ensures building, equipment, furniture and fixtures are in good repair, clean and maintained on a regular basis.
  • Supervises the quality of food preparation and raw product specifications.
  • Responsible for managing new menu roll outs, products, and promotions.

Benefits

  • 60 day waiting period for Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental (Delta Dental),
  • Short Term Disability, Flexible Spending Account (Medical & Dependent Care)
  • LTD and Life Insurance (1x salary) provided by company
  • Vacation accrual starts immediately : 2 weeks per year until completion 5 years of service, 3 weeks per year until completion of 10 years of service401K Retirement Plan (eligible after 90 days)
  • Quarterly nationwide team events and Summer / End of Year Parties.
  • Free Food while on shift

Position Requirements

  • Minimum of 2-4 yrs exp. in a Sous Chef role in a chef driven / scratch kitchen / high volume / full service restaurant.
  • Must be a passionate industry leader & role model who is charismatic, self-motivated and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamically evolving environment.
  • Must possess a high level of culinary mastery, a mentality of guardianship of all product in the BOH
  • Have excellent communication & organizational skills, ability to multi-task & delegate effectively
  • Possess skills that will drive financial results and possess a proven track record of mentoring crew & peers alike.
  • High level experience leading through their team of Exec / Sous Chefs
  • Demands excellence through high-detail coaching, is unrelenting in the maintaining the quality and standards of the kitchen *Understands, and can trouble shoot product cost challenges
  • This position requires a high level of attention to detail in order to succeed in an environment of extremely high standards always with humility, respect and integrity.

Candidates will be involved in all aspects of operations, mentorship of team members, service execution and even Guest interaction.

There are opportunities for future advancement and the perfect candidate would be the individual completely open to guidance while still chomping at the bit to earn more.

If you are a Sous Chef who has a strong desire to be a mentor to other chefs, lead cooks who get excited about from-scratch-cooking or prep cooks who are obsessed with working faster, cleaner and more precise than you share our vision.

If you're the type of Leader who can’t help but to cultivate that type of culture and refuses to accept anything less...

we very much want to hear from you. We pride ourselves on flawless execution and obtain this every day in a high volume setting.

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