Sous Chef - JOEY Valley Fair
About the role
The position of Sous Chef at JOEY is a critical role that directly contributes to the success of the restaurant and its people. The role involves leading the team's deliverables and ensuring guests receive memorable, consistent, and iconic culinary experiences. The Sous Chef also manages labor budgets, maintains a clean and safe restaurant environment, and ensures the highest quality products.
Responsibilities
- Support your team in the preparation of all ingredients and food products to fulfill prep lists, par levels, and recipe standards.
- Utilize various preparation and cooking methods to ensure the quick, precise creation of our menu items in accordance with JOEY recipes.
- Wash, chop, cut, grill, roast, sauté, fry, etc., coordinating with other stations as needed.
- Maintain prep and cooking areas in a clean, sanitary, and safe manner.
- Ensure clean, organized, and maintained refrigerators, cooler drawers, ovens, preparation, and dry storage areas, etc.
- Train partners on the instructions and guidelines for safe usage of kitchen equipment and cleaning compounds. Report on equipment problems and maintenance issues immediately.
- Fulfill recruitment needs, impact positive candidate experiences, and select and retain your team.
- Support your team in training and development of technical knowledge and world-class execution of JOEY tasks and standards.
- Communicate daily focus and feedback to partners.
- Manage in-store budgets, food costs, and labor.
- Impact the delivery of Iconic Hospitality and coach the kitchen team as needed to fulfill experience standards for our guests.
- Follow all food service and handling safety precautions and procedures.
Requirements
- 3+ years culinary experience (or equivalent if high potential).
- Valid local and/or state Food Handler certifications.
- Possess a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of creating world-class hospitality experiences.
- Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
- Be able to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; frequent bending, reaching, and stretching; repetitive manual tasks; and lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
Qualifications
- Successful employees at JOEY are genuine, warm, and caring.
- Value honesty and conduct themselves with integrity.
- Comfortable providing and receiving feedback to achieve personal growth and performance excellence.
- Natural problem solvers with an insatiable desire to positively impact individual and team execution.
- Passionate about quality and professionalism.
- Possess exceptional relationship building and communication skills.
- Encourage healthy and supportive competition within their team.
- Exude confidence, humility, and respect.
- Take pride in presenting a professional appearance and demeanor.
Benefits
- Career development, education, and growth opportunities.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical reimbursement plan, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for benefit-eligible partners.
- Discounted employee shift meals.
- 10% discount for self and guests on all food and beverages when visiting any JOEY location.
- Discounted clothing retailer partnerships.
- Referral bonus program.
- Sales competitions and rewards.
- Paid vacation.
- Paid sick leave.
Join our team!
If you're looking for a place to meet your potential, we'd like to meet you. Join the JOEY team today and start your journey here.
About JOEY Restaurants
The JOEY Restaurant Group exists to deliver the ultimate dining experience. Our handcrafted, locally, and globally inspired menu offerings are created by award-winning chefs and presented by world-class hospitality leaders in modern, warm, and lively environments. JOEY Restaurants has been family-owned and operated since 1992 and has grown into an iconic multi-concept brand throughout North America, with continued growth and expansion planned into 2030. When you join the JOEY team, you can expect a warm, inclusive, and creative environment, where we are committed to training, educating, and empowering our people.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We are committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local ordinances.