Paradies Lagardère Sous Chef - Napa Farms Market San Francisco International Airport

Position Summary

The Sous Chef at Napa Farms Market is responsible for supporting the Kitchen Manager and overseeing daily back-of-house preparation operations in a fast-paced airport market environment. This role is heavily focused on high-volume food production, organization, quality control, and team leadership to ensure our grab-and-go shelves remain fully stocked with fresh, high-quality products throughout the day.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversee and participate in daily food preparation and production for grab-and-go items including sandwiches, salads, yogurt parfaits, fresh fruit, protein boxes, wraps, and other prepared foods (30%).

• Supervise prep cooks and kitchen staff to ensure production goals, food quality, consistency, portioning, labeling, rotation, and presentation standards are consistently maintained (20%).

• Maintain grab-and-go inventory levels by coordinating production needs and ensuring shelves remain fully stocked and visually appealing throughout operating hours (10%).

• Ensure all food safety, sanitation, labeling, dating, storage, and HACCP procedures are followed in compliance with company, local, state, and federal regulations (10%).

• Absorb and train kitchen employees on recipes, production standards, food safety, organization, and efficiency (5%).

• Assist with expediting, kitchen coordination, and line support during busy service periods as needed (5%).

• Conduct regular kitchen inspections to maintain cleanliness, organization, sanitation, and workplace safety standards (5%).

• Cook repairs and communicate maintenance issues to management (5%).

• Complete administrative responsibilities including production logs, invoice coding, waste tracking, temperature logs, and employee documentation (5%).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of kitchen leadership, sous chef, or high-volume food production experience preferred.

• Experience in commissary, grab-and-go, café, market, or fast-casual food production environments strongly preferred.

• Experience supervising prep production teams and maintaining food quality standards required.

• Successfully pass SFO badging requirements, FBI background check, and SIDA training.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.

• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.

• Frequent bending, reaching, twisting, pushing, pulling, and repetitive motions.

• Ability to work in refrigerated areas, kitchen heat, and fast-paced production environments.

• Ability to safely use knives, slicers, and commercial kitchen equipment.

This position description is intended to describe the primary elements of the position. Management reserves the right to modify responsibilities and assign additional duties as necessary.

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