Future Opportunities - RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen - Sous Chef

Do you love bold, exciting food? Would you like to work in a chef driven, creative concept? Can you finesse fine dining service in a high energy environment? 

 

We offer a unique opportunity to work in a high end setting while leading a team to deliver an exceptional dining experience through our focus on bold clean flavors and our emphasis on impeccable service. Grow your career with an established company that offers great benefits, competitive compensation and focused professional development. 

 

The Sous Chef is responsible for overseeing kitchen operations by managing food quality, shift execution, ticket times, food quality and productivity on the shift. The Sous Chef is also responsible for running an assigned work group within the kitchen. The Sous Chef has contributory financial responsibility for food costs, labor costs, kitchen repair and maintenance and supplies for the kitchen. 

 

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Maintains food quality standards for the restaurant. 


• Conducts daily line checks, food reviews and recipes of the day. Ensures that clear feedback is provided to the entire kitchen team, including staff and management. 


• Conducts daily pre-service meetings. 


• Provides immediate feedback to staff on food quality, execution and presentation as items are produced and serves as a last line of defense against substandard quality items.


• Ensures the cleanliness of the kitchen by maintaining the equipment at a 90% level of overall cleanliness, managing ongoing repairs and maintenance, passing Health Department audits with a 90% or better, and training staff on proper sanitation guidelines. 


• Ensures proper staffing levels by recruiting, interviewing and hiring talented kitchen staff members following Company guidelines. 


• Responsible for the ongoing training, professional development and validation of management, trainees and staff members through one on one development, coaching, quizzing and certifications. 


• Responsible for achieving or exceeding the written restaurant budgets for the staff (i.e., food cost, food efficiencies, labor cost and direct kitchen expenses). 


• Sets operational goals and follow-up plans for the staff. Directs and holds all staff accountable for those goals 


• Assists in implementation and maintenance of all Rock Sugar Kitchen systems. 


• Assists in maintaining current kitchen schedules, staffing templates and ordering and production pars to match execution needs and financial target. 


• Ensures compliance with Rock Sugar inventory procedures.

 

Qualifications

 

• At least 2 years of kitchen management experience in an upscale scratch restaurant. 


• Experience working in a restaurant with an Asian influence a plus. 


• Solid track record of success in previous assignments demonstrating upward career tracking. 


• Strong communication skills. 


• Strong leadership skills. 


• Culinary school background a plus. 


• Proficient computer skills (inventory tracking and scheduling). 


• Able to work ten hour-plus shifts, plus ability to stand, sit, squat or walk for extended periods of time. 


• Must be able to work closing shifts and evenings as needed. 


• Able to grasp, reach overhead, push, lift and carry up to 50 pounds. 


• Finger/hand dexterity to operate kitchen machinery and knives. 


• Able to withstand changes in temperature, occasional smoke, steam and heat and work in a confined area. 


• Must possess hearing, visual and sensory abilities to observe and detect emergency situations; also to distinguish product, taste, texture, temperature and presentation and preparation.  


• Ability to speak and understand Spanish a plus.

 

 

Location: This position is located in Los Angeles, CA. or Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, IL.

 

 

Benefits: 

This position offers industry-leading benefits and an average 55 hour work week with 2 days off consecutively.

 

 

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer and provides reasonable accommodations consistent with its legal obligations.