Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for food, customer service, and operational excellence. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where creativity and trust are at the heart of everything you do. If so, we want you to join our team as a Sous Chef at Puff ‘n Stuff, a premier catering company dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences.
Primary Job Functions:
Communicate with Culinary Team regularly to provide proper direction, clear expectations, performance feedback, and necessary coaching
Train and supervise the Culinary Team, both in-house and on-site, to ensure the production of high quality foods on a consistent basis, implementing and or maintaining new training procedures to enhance performance of team, and prepare for future promotion opportunities
Ensure culinary standards, including recipes, and production procedures, are being followed consistently both in-house and on-site ensuring the production of high quality foods.
Travel to events within the region to provide training, support and quality control for the dispatched culinary teams
Assist in leading culinary team during Disaster Relief contracts as necessary
Actively seek out new information to keep current with culinary and seasonal trends, including service and presentation styles
Requisite Skills and Experience:
A degree in Culinary Arts or a related certification and or
Minimum 2-4 years of culinary management experience, preferably in high volume, multi-outlet resort, restaurant or food service facility with verifiable progressive career development
experience in successfully managing and meeting goals as it relates to budgets, labor, team performance, health code and inspections
Excellent written, verbal, organizational and interpersonal communication skills
Enthusiasm for hospitality industry and culinary innovation
Proficient with standard technology, including computers, tablets and smart phones, Microsoft Office products with a focus on Excel.
Ability and willingness to travel within the region and work nights and weekends and some Holidays.
Solid understanding of Federal, State and local food sanitation regulations
