Hourly Sou Chef

Job Title: Chef, Sous – Hrly

Job Family: Culinary

FLSA Status: Hourly

Summary: Assist Executive Chef in in preparing and cooking foods along with coordinating activities of cooks and other food service associates.Assumes responsibility for kitchen and food service associates in absence of Executive Chef.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cooks and otherwise prepares foods by utilizing approved recipes and following prescribed production standards to ensure the quality and consistency of product’s taste and presentation. Ensures all deadlines are met in food production based on production orders.

· Properly stores foods in designated areas following all corporate, State, and Federal food safety and sanitation procedures.

• Responsible for ensuring proper food handling, presentation, portion control, and maintenance of proper serving temperatures.

· Maintains sanitation of equipment, supplies and utensils. Cleans workstation thoroughly before leaving area. Keeps display equipment clean and free of debris during meal service to assure compliance with all sanitation, safety, production, and merchandising requirements.

• Interacts with customers to ensure customer satisfaction and resolve complaints in a friendly, service oriented manner. Relays relevant comments directly to supervisor.
• Demonstrates complete understanding of daily menu items and accurately explains this to associates and customers.
• Consistently exhibits the ability to keep up with peak production and service hours.
• Monitors inventory and deliveries of product and supplies. Tracks product production, consumption and waste. Informs supervisor, when supplies or product are low.

· Supervise hourly food service associates. Includes interviewing, scheduling, payroll, training, counseling, participating in reviews and recommending disciplinary action, as appropriate.

• Assist with other functions and duties as assigned.

Education and Experience: Associate's degree or equivalent from Culinary or technical school; or 1 - 3 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Supervisory experience preferred.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of facility.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; to compute rate, ratio, and percent and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; to deal with problems involving few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other Qualifications: Food Handler’s Permit; ServSafe training and certificate as required by applicable state and county.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bentonville, AR 72712: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Culinary experience: 3 years (Required)
• Supervisor: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $17 - $20