Sous Chef

Job Summary

As a Sous Chef, you’ll help lead daily kitchen operations and deliver well-prepared, safe, high-quality food. You’ll coordinate food production, guide the team through service, and support menu planning, inventory, and cost control. Your impact: Consistent preparation and safe food handling help guests enjoy a reliable dining experience while supporting smooth service for the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead food preparation and cooking for restaurant, fine dining, banquet, and catering service.
• Our from-scratch kitchen is seeking a skilled, dependable Sous Chef with hands-on experience in artisan bread baking and fresh pasta preparation.

The ideal candidate is knowledgeable in soup, sauce, stock, house-made dressings and vinaigrette preparation, meat butchery, open-fire roasting of meats, seafood and vegetables, pizza preparation as well.

This is a salaried position for a culinary professional who values craftsmanship, consistency, teamwork, and high-quality ingredients.

• Supervise kitchen staff, coordinate shifts, and support team management during busy service periods.
• Maintain food safety and sanitizing procedures, including safe food handling and clean work areas.
• Manage inventory, monitor stock, and support purchasing and cost control.
• Assist with menu planning, food production, and kitchen operations across food service settings.

Skills

• Essential: Kitchen and culinary experience; food preparation, cooking, and food service experience; knowledge of food safety and sanitizing procedures.
• Essential: Supervising experience, leadership, shift management, and the ability to manage teams as a chef.
• Essential: Inventory management or inventory control, with attention to food management and cost control.
• Preferred: Banquet, catering, fine dining, restaurant, hospitality, or dietary department experience.
• Preferred: Food service management, restaurant management, kitchen management, serving, or broader food industry experience.

Pay: $45,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience:

• Kitchen: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)
• ServSafe certificate (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Delavan, WI 53115 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person