Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The Holiday Inn & Suites of Saint Cloud is currently seeking an experienced Executive Sous Chef to join their team!

The Executive Sous Chef’s primary responsibility is to prepare high quality food orders in a safe, sanitary, timely fashion and to support the Executive Chef in a leadership role assisting in supervision of kitchen and ensuring communication between the front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house staff. Activities would include, but would not be limited to, overseeing team scheduling and training, ensuring food quality and freshness, monitoring established inventory controls and providing meal quality and consistency of recipes for all food and beverage outlets.

Skills & Knowledge:

1. Must have the ability to provide professional and courteous guest service.
2. Must have good time management skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
3. Must have good organizational skills, the ability to multitask and strong attention to detail.
4. Must have the ability to understand and follow verbal/written instructions and communicate both verbally and in writing.
5. Must have the ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude when handling guest situations.
6. Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule as position requires working various shifts depending on business need.

Essential Functions:

1. Assists all guests and fellow associates in a professional and courteous manner.
2. Spend time on the floor speaking with restaurant customers.
3. Performs job duties and responsibilities in a cost-effective manner and within budgetary guidelines.
4. Leads entire kitchen team in Chef’s absence.
5. Provides guidance to all kitchen team members, including, but not limited to, line cooking, food preparation, meal plating and dishwashing.
6. Oversees and organizes kitchen inventory and ingredients.
7. Ensures a first-in, first-out food rotation system and verifies all food products are properly dated and organized for quality assurance
8. Keeps cooking stations stocked, especially after and during prime operation hours
9. Trains new kitchen employees to kitchen and Sand Hospitality Standards and Safety Requirements including food handling practices. (e.g., Serve Safe food temperatures and storage.)
10. Supervises all food preparation and presentation to ensure quality standards are met.
11. Assists Executive Chef to maintain kitchen organization by providing team training and development.
12. Verifies that food storage areas all meet cleanliness and organization standards.
13. Coordinates with Executive Chef on supply ordering, budgeting, and kitchen efficiency and staffing.
14. Assist Executive Chef with administrative tasks like payroll and scheduling.
15. Performs all other duties as assigned.

Job Type:

• Full-Time

Schedule:

• Varies

This is a Full-Time, Salaried position that requires flexibility in scheduling. We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes annual performance-based increases, bonus eligibility, and the following benefits:

• Health & Welfare (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA)
• Company Paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life, and AD&D
• Voluntary Term Life
• Retirement Benefits (401K)
• Time Off Benefits (Paid Holidays & PTO)
• Employee Discounts

Candidates offered employment must submit to a background check and drug test.

We are an E-Verify participating employer.

EOE M/F/Vet/Disability

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