Sous Chef

High-end food services, but with the DNA of a restaurant. Yarzin Sella provides high-end food services for leading tech companies around the globe.

Our organization is led under the values of excellence, professionalism, family, integrity, environmental responsibility, respect and humanity and service as a partnership. Our goal is to create a unique culinary experience that connects people, whether it is in the world of restaurants or the world of catering.

We Offer: An opportunity to work with and learn from a skilled team that supports career advancement and professional growth. Competitive compensation, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, comprehensive benefits coverage, and more!

The Sous Chef will have a passion for delicious, flavorful food executed and served with care and consistency and an understanding of how to lead day-to-day operations in a busy kitchen. Responsible for planning and directing food preparation in a kitchen. This will involve a large degree of supervising other kitchen staff. The Sous Chef will help with menu planning, inventory, and managing of supplies. Also aid in making sure the kitchen is up to safety standards and that staff are obeying sanitation rules. During mealtimes, it is important that the Sous Chef be quick on their feet and be able to make smart decisions instantly.

Primary Responsibilities:

Administrative

• Coordinate with client and Office Manager to ensure menus are accurate.
• Perform menu reviews and look ahead to identify any needs to updates. Menus should be reviewed for seasonality, balance of dishes, balance of execution, product cost, or any other metric set forth by the Client and Yarzin-Sella.
• Completes prep lists and communicates prep work to managers.
• Set time for emails, paperwork, management meetings, safety observations, leadership trainings, interviews and more
• Perform shift line up to discuss menus and delegation of tasks.
• Perform employee reviews
• Complete employee payroll duties

Kitchen Execution

• Prepare and cook meals or specialty foods. Prepare all food to proper specifications in a timely manner. Utilize kitchen equipment to prepare food items such as: knives, slicers, whips, pots, pans, warmers, steamers, grills, ovens, etc.
• Oversee all phases of food procurement, production, and service. Provide support to junior kitchen employees with various tasks including line cooking food preparation, and dish plating. Completes prep lists and communicates prep work to managers.

Qualifications:

• Culinary school graduate or college degree preferred
• Food Handler’s License
• A minimum of 2 year of progressive culinary management experience, previous Sous Chef preferred.
• Prior experience and success in running a busy kitchen.
• Wide array of cuisine and culinary experience.
• Knowledge of substitution in order to accommodate a variety of dietary restrictions.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and embraced working a flexible schedule with high volume production and large batch cooking
• Strong communication, multi-tasking and problem-solving skills.
• Sense of urgency and ability to work and lead a team within a safe manner.
• Passion for delicious, flavorful food executed and served with care and consistency
• Computer Skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Cloud-Based Services.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Must be able to stand continuously throughout an 8-hour shift
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable bending, climbing, reaching, stooping, and moving quickly

YARZIN SELLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact hr@yarzin-sella.com for assistance.