Sous Chef

** Sous Chef**

**Job Category****:** Food Service **Requisition Number****:** SOUSC002964 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Thomas Cuisine is hiring Sous Chefs for a luxury senior retirement community!**

Joining the Thomas Cuisine team is the next best step on your personal and professional journey. Your leaders will inspire you, and your team members will cheer you on, to live a fulfilling life, with a dependable schedule and regular hours. We do the right thing, and support you with career development programs, goal setting, and mentorship from the minute youre hired.

**$50,000-$55,000+ DOE; full benefits, PTO/Vacation time, wellness programs, bonus potential, and much more!**

***Kitchen Team***

*The heart and soul of every kitchen, Thomas Cuisine kitchen team members deliver on our promise to prepare scratch-made food, fresh each day. Day or night, youll be an integral part of a team working the line, in state-of-the-art kitchens inside hospitals, at upscale senior living communities, and in corporate dining facilities.*

***Growth opportunities:***

* *Enhance your food knowledge*

* *Boost your organizational skills*

* *Execute your job with confidence*

* *Energize your team*

The **Sous Chef** assists the Executive Chef in providing direction and guidance for the production of food to include: implementation of systematic production methods, standardized recipes, portion control, menu development, and purchasing requirements. In carrying out assigned responsibilities, the Sous Chef must comply with all client policies and regulatory agencies

Successful candidates will have previous leadership and food service management experience, a college degree preferred. Culinary Arts Degree or BS Degree - Food Service or Hospitality Management Program

* Maintain strict confidence regarding company-related matters.

* Follow directions from the Executive Chef or FSD regarding other related duties.

* Maintain strict following of recipes for all food production & products.

* Must have proficient knife skills.

* Counts accurate inventory of all items in all food storage areas.

* Maintains FIFO of freight in assigned areas.

* Produces menu items by timeline requirements.

* Maintains all HACCP standard operating procedures.

* Ensures a clean & sanitary workstation/area by practicing the clean as your go method. Cleans down tables/utensils before and after each assignment.

* Maintain all prepared items are labeled with the following information; item inside the container, date item is prepped, use-by date, and initials of the person who prepped the item.

* Performs all cooking methods and preparation methods on proteins, vegetables, starches & other ingredients according to recipe within the prescribed time frame to complete all service times for caf or functions contracts in an accurate & rapid manner.

* Other duties as directed

**Qualifications**

* 2 years prior restaurant experience helpful

* 2 years prior hospital experience helpful

* Professional kitchen environment experience

* Scratch base cooking

* Culinary Arts degree a plus

**Thomas Cuisine [thomascuisine.com] is on the grow. Our passionate, hardworking team delivers a fresh take on food service every day.**

* Were the 15th largest contract dining management company in the country [Food Management Magazine].

* We are ranked among the top places to work [The Denver Post].

* Weve been honored for our outstanding response to COVID [Senior Living Residents Council].

* Weve been recognized with a Dining Distinction Award [Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals].

**Team Members Say**

so much growth, the opportunities are endless! Thomas Cuisine set me up for success.

if you have a love affair with cooking, this is the place for you.

Thomas Cuisine is an award-winning, privately-held contract food service company operating in 18 states and growing. We advocate the healing power of whole foods. We believe in preparing scratch-made cuisine fresh each day. Our clients include hospitals, upscale senior living communities, and corporate dining facilities. Every Thomas Cuisine team member is an ambassador, carrying out our mission, reflecting our values, and building relationships while "doing the right thing". We seek to make a valuable difference to those we serve- one nutritious meal at a time.

**REAL Food | Genuine Service | Enduring Relationships**

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