Sous Chef
Job Title: Sous Chef
Job Type: Full time - seasonal
Reports to: Executive Chef
Effective Date: May 2024
JOB SUMMARY
The sous chef is the second-in-command in our professional kitchen, assisting the executive chef. The sous chef is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the kitchen ensuring high standards of service and quality are met or exceeded. The sous chef will assist in the management and training of new personnel, scheduling staff work hours, and reviewing and approving kitchen staff payroll.
Ensure staff roles and expectations are clearly defined and encourage high staff morale. Assure that effective orientation and training for new staff and professional development activities for experienced staff are planned and implemented.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
This position includes days, nights, weekends and holidays.
Pay: Open with experience. Opportunity for bonuses based on achieved goals.
Please attach your resume to your application.
WHO WE ARE
In 1902, about a dozen avid sailors founded Lake Sunapee Yacht Club. In 1924, Club members voted to purchase the current land and erect the present building. Membership ranged from 40 to 50 families. Today, the Club membership is over 400. The Club is a private family focused summer only club and offers sailing, tennis and swimming lessons. Numerous Club members race weekly with either The Lake Sunapee Star Fleet or The Lake Sunapee Cruising Fleet. The Club has hosted the 12th District Star Championships, the Sonar World Championship, the Western Hemisphere Star Regatta and annually hosts the Sunapee Star Open and the Junior Rig It Up Regatta. Our kitchen provides lunch daily during our season and serves a variety of dinners four nights a week.
The mission of the Club is to promote and advance interest in yachting and yacht racing and encourage legitimate sporting and social activities for the enjoyment of members and guests while supporting the preservation of the scenic beauty of Lake Sunapee and its water quality.
Job Type: Full time - seasonal
Reports to: Executive Chef
Effective Date: May 2024
JOB SUMMARY
The sous chef is the second-in-command in our professional kitchen, assisting the executive chef. The sous chef is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the kitchen ensuring high standards of service and quality are met or exceeded. The sous chef will assist in the management and training of new personnel, scheduling staff work hours, and reviewing and approving kitchen staff payroll.
Ensure staff roles and expectations are clearly defined and encourage high staff morale. Assure that effective orientation and training for new staff and professional development activities for experienced staff are planned and implemented.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or GED.
- Formal culinary training or associate degree in culinary arts preferred.
- Minimum of 3-5 years cooking experience in a fine dining environment and experience in a culinary leadership role preferred.
- Ability to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen and dining room employees, and guests.
- Previous club experience preferred.
- Possess safe food handling certification.
- Strong passion and knowledge for food service.
- Knowledge of various cooking methods, ingredients, and procedures.
- Demonstrate ability to be a team leader, train staff in a constructive and professional manner.
- Ability to diagnose problems, respond to complaints, and increase food efficiencies.
- Familiarity with industry’s best practices.
- Capability to perform manual labor tasks that will require some physical efforts such as carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, or occasionally moving objects more than 25 pounds or more. Frequent walking, standing, and continuous repetitive motions.
- Assist and collaborate with executive chef.
- Manage all activities in the kitchen, including food preparation and production, and management and training of kitchen staff.
- Serve as a member of the team and assumes the role as Executive Chef in his or her absence.
- Ensure that food products, presentation, and plating are of the highest quality, including both design and taste, and are prepared to serve in a timely manner.
- Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following, and enforcing sanitation, and quality of food preparation, service standards, and procedures.
- Assure kitchen personnel is trained in best cleanliness and sanitation practices.
- Inspect supplies, and equipment. Organize areas to ensure efficiency, safety, sanitation, and cleanliness standards. Implement and monitor sanitation and cleaning schedules.
- Monitor weekly physical inventory for timeliness, and accuracy to maximize usage while minimizing waste.
- Manage and maintain the highest standards of products and services while maximizing profitability through cost and labor control while meeting revenue goals.
- Market ideas to promote business: reduce staff turnover, maintain revenue and payroll goals and meet productivity while keeping quality consistently high.
- Assist with special and internal functions and Club events, including weddings, holiday parties, regatta’s, etc.
This position includes days, nights, weekends and holidays.
Pay: Open with experience. Opportunity for bonuses based on achieved goals.
Please attach your resume to your application.
WHO WE ARE
In 1902, about a dozen avid sailors founded Lake Sunapee Yacht Club. In 1924, Club members voted to purchase the current land and erect the present building. Membership ranged from 40 to 50 families. Today, the Club membership is over 400. The Club is a private family focused summer only club and offers sailing, tennis and swimming lessons. Numerous Club members race weekly with either The Lake Sunapee Star Fleet or The Lake Sunapee Cruising Fleet. The Club has hosted the 12th District Star Championships, the Sonar World Championship, the Western Hemisphere Star Regatta and annually hosts the Sunapee Star Open and the Junior Rig It Up Regatta. Our kitchen provides lunch daily during our season and serves a variety of dinners four nights a week.
The mission of the Club is to promote and advance interest in yachting and yacht racing and encourage legitimate sporting and social activities for the enjoyment of members and guests while supporting the preservation of the scenic beauty of Lake Sunapee and its water quality.
