Sous Chef

3801 Cleghorn Avenue
Nashville , TN 37215

Why People Like to Work with Us

• A friendly and passionate customer service work environment
• $250 annual retention incentive
• $500 full-time and $250 part-time employee referral incentive
• Public transportation provided by Chartwell Hospitality
• Growth Opportunities with an expanding company
• Travel on reduced room rates as an Employee Hilton Honors member

We offer full benefits to full time employees after 60 days of employment.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Long and Short Term Disability
• PTO
• Vacation
• 7 Holidays

A perfect place for someone just like you.

What makes a workplace feel like home? It's a place that brings out your best, every day. Because it makes you want to be better, every day. It's a place where your strengths are appreciated. Where people welcome you as you are. And applaud you for where you're going.

We invite you to search and apply for jobs at careers.chartwellhospitality.com

Job Summary :

To assist the Executive Chef in operating a profitable restaurant and catering facility, manage a team of cooks, and other staff to provide a quality dining experience for patrons and serve a seasonal and innovative menu. Responsible for leading the culinary and stewarding team .

Essential Job Functions

-Leads kitchen staff, draws up work schedules

-Experiments with new menu offerings and trains other cooks as necessary to prepare new and unfamiliar recipes.

-Samples food occasionally to ensure that it has been prepared and seasoned properly, that portion sizes are correct, and hot food is served hot, and cold, cold.

-Inspects kitchen and dining room to ensure that proper hygiene and safety standards are strictly observed and that the dining room is always pristine and attractive.

-Maintain high associate moral among staff.

-Responsible for care and maintenance of all equipment in food department.

-Inspects all refrigerators and storerooms for excessive inventories, over-preparation and spoilage, and to ensure that sanitation is maintained in all food and beverage areas.

-Meets requirements set by the Board of Health.

-Responsible for maintaining open lines of communication between all departments.

-Performs other duties as requested by Director of Food and Beverage.

Necessary Skills and Attributes :

-Graduation from a well-known culinary school or demonstration of previous successful management of a quality restaurant.

-Excellent verbal, comprehension, listening and problem solving skills

-Excellent reputation for presenting an interesting, well-prepared menu.

-previous years of culinary supervising experience.

-Ability to deal with a diverse staff and to operate efficiently despite stressful time pressure.

-Interpersonal and time management skills

-Adaptability

Formal Education :

- Culinary Degree or BA/BS Degree

Experience :

A minimum of 2 years of Food and Beverage experience is required. An intimate working knowledge of culinary standards and management execution with an entrepreneurial spirit to create and mentor superior culinary talent is essential. In addition, a history with annual revenue and expense budgets is preferred.

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; bend; walk; use hands or finger; or feel objects, tools or controls; lift boxes (up to 15 pounds); talk and hear. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision to a computer screen.

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