Acacia Creek Sous Chef - Full Time

Pay Range: $15.50 - $25.00

Areas of Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to:

• Consistently offer professional, friendly and proactive guest service while supporting fellow colleagues
• Responsible for all kitchen staff in the absence of Executive Chef, including generating schedules, and training of staff.
• Ensure the consistency in the preparation of all food items for a la carte and/or buffet menus according to recipes and standards
• Conduct daily shift briefings to kitchen colleagues,
• Ensure all kitchen colleagues are aware of standards & expectations
• Prepares and portions all hot food for daily select menus. Supervises and prepares food items such as, soups, sauces, meats/fish, vegetables, and starches. Also assists in the preparation of cold foods when necessary.
• Responsible for reviewing, preparing, tasting & executing hot food to order for catered events, and employee meals.
• Maintain and enhance the food products through creative menu development and presentation
• Have full knowledge of all menu items, daily features and promotions
• Actively interact with guests at tables
• Balance operational, administrative and Colleague needs
• Ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of all work areas, utensils, and equipment
• Follow kitchen policies, procedures and service standards
• Follow all safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverage
• Develops and maintains a good working rapport with inter-department personnel, as well as with other departments, to assure that food services can be properly maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Participates in Emergency Plan training and fire drills, and if an emergency or disaster occurs, immediately assumes the pre-assigned emergency duties.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications

• Previous leadership experience in the culinary field required
• Diploma Certification in a Culinary discipline an asset
• Verifiable experience in food service for a large group
• Computer literate in Microsoft Window applications an asset
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities
• Highly responsible & reliable
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment
• Ability to work cohesively with fellow colleagues as part of a team
• Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times
• Knowledge of Department of Health regulations, OSHA and other pubic regularity agencies a plus

• As part of our commitment to health and safety for staff and residents, we require staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 with booster.

Benefits

At Acacia Creek, we are looking for team members who would like to combine their passion for helping people, good communication skills, decision-making skills, and great ethical standards with the opportunities to advance your career.

In return for your skills, you will be offered:

• A work environment focused on teamwork and support
• Excellent health, wage replacement and other benefits for you and your family’s well-being
• A generous contribution to a 401K plan whether or not you participate, and an additional contribution from the company when you participate in the plan
• Investment in your growth through Tuition Reimbursement