Sous Chef (Calistoga, CA)

Role Summary

Join our team as a Sous Chef for Solage, serving the needs of the business, our guests, and our colleagues. As a leader in the kitchen, the Sous Chef will plan, prepare, set up in all areas of food production for menu items.

Core Responsibilities

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of everything that needs to be done!  Within the Auberge family, our people always find new ways to look after the business, their guests, and their teammates.   Within this, the key responsibilities for this position are:

• Sous Chefs will be cross trained to work all the stations and when needed a sous chef will work a station.  

• The Sous Chefs will be responsible for opening and closing kitchens if necessary. This position needs to know all the information about food service areas in the property. Sous Chefs should understand ordering, communicating and organizing.

• Check produce and protein before and after delivery. Communicate with the chef if it needs rearrangement for the menu

• Communicate with cooks for daily prep. According to previous night prep list, start longies time consuming prep immediately: braising, marinating, roasting, stock

• Print out special item and 86 note 

• Review banquet prep, ordering and organizing. Communicate with Executive sous chef if there are any changes

• Inspect maintaining cleanliness and organization of kitchen and all workstation

• Report to a chef of the duty if there is any BOH member issues or absence

• Check quality and quantity of prepared produce and protein for lunch service

• Check the inventory usage sheet. Make adjustments on the prep sheet

• Walk through line set up 30 minutes before service

• Check dish area’s cleanliness and sanitation

• Organize walk in and freezer with one of the cooks

• Starting build up daily ordering list; produce, protein, dry goods

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a line cook

• Be able to communicate effectively with co-workers and the management team.

• Must be work clean, organized, delegate, strong work ethic and sense of urgency.

• Maintain calm during busy periods.

Preferred Qualifications

•  Familiarity with the Spanish language. 

Physical Demands

• Ability to be flexible with varied schedules, changing job demands.

• Ability to move or handle equipment throughout the kitchen generally weighing 0-50 pounds.

• Ability to work varied hours/days as business dictates.

• Ability to stand for up to 10-12 hours a day. 

• Lifting, pushing, pulling, bending.

• Must be able to tolerate potential allergens: peanut products, egg, dairy, gluten, soy, seafood and shellfish.

• Ability to work in an environment with varying temperature climates (kitchen heat, walk ins, etc.).

Our Company
Auberge Resorts Collection is a portfolio of extraordinary hotels, resorts, and residences. While each property is unique, all share a crafted approach to luxury and bring the soul of the locale to life through captivating design, exceptional cuisine, innovative spas, and gracious yet unobtrusive service. With 21 one-of-a-kind hotels and resorts, with 7 in the announced pipeline, Auberge invites guests to create unforgettable stories in some of the world’s most desirable destinations. Please visit aubergeresorts.com to learn more about our Collection. Follow us on Linked In, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @AubergeResorts and #AlwaysAuberge.

Our mission is to be the best-loved manager of one-of-a-kind luxury properties and experiences. Auberge is a family of intimate, one-of-kind hotels and resorts that define an approachable style of luxury in both product and service that resonates with the curious modern traveler. Passionately local, experience-led, romantic, and stylish, these hotels hum with a vibrancy that is both refined and relevant.

A century ago, Calistoga was a town centered around its bubbling natural hot springs and the beautiful weather of the Napa Valley. Today, it’s a bucket-list destination for ardent wine lovers, foodies, and wellness seekers for its particularly enviable version of the “good life.” Solage was created to reflect its hometown spirit, drawing visitors as well as area vintners who come here after a day in the vineyards to relax over a glass of wine or a craft cocktail and connect.

What Else?
At Auberge, we are passionate about our mission to be the best-loved operator of one-of-a-kind luxury properties and experiences.  We are storytellers and story-makers, delivering simple pleasures and creating unforgettable memories.  Born in Napa and inspired by the most relaxing places in the world, we prize simplicity, comfort, and beauty.  Whatever role we play in Auberge, and wherever we work, we all live by the view that our core purpose is to enrich people’s lives. 

The successful candidate will have a general understanding of Solage, the Hospitality industry and this position.

If you feel that our approach is aligned with your own passions and beliefs, then please talk to us about becoming part of our family.

Auberge Resorts LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Auberge Resorts LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Auberge Resorts LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Department: Culinary/Cocina
This is a management position
This is a ft-year round/ tiempo completo- todo el año position