About the Role
As the Sous Chef, you will lead a culinary team committed to preparing every dish from scratch with a focus on quality, flavor, and excellence to deliver great hospitality.
Responsibilities
- Manage shifts which include daily decision making, scheduling, and planning.
- Demonstrate ingredient knowledge and understanding of culinary trends.
- Control cost of goods and search for solutions when targets are not met.
- Maintain kitchen cleanliness, organization, and equipment care and maintenance.
- Manage on-the-fly requests with ease and poise creating a calm and positive work environment.
- Foster an environment of continuous learning, open and honest feedback, and corrective action as needed.
- Manage labor expectations and plan each scheduled shift accordingly.
- Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of sales and labor budgets and the ability to discuss P&L with management team.
Requirements
- 2+ years of high-volume culinary management experience.
- Demonstrated working understanding of business operations and financials.
- Experience with POS systems and inventory control systems.
- Able to work ten-hour plus shifts, plus ability to stand, sit, squat, or walk for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to work closing shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- Able to grasp, reach overhead, push, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Finger/hand dexterity to operate kitchen machinery, knives, etc.
- Ability to withstand changes in temperature, occasional smoke, steam and heat, and work in a confined space.
- Must possess hearing, visual, and sensory abilities to observe and detect emergency situations; also to distinguish product, taste, texture, temperature, and presentation of food.
Skills
- Culinary management
- Business operations
- Financials
- POS systems
- Inventory control systems
- Team leadership
- Coaching
- Developing restaurant teams
Location
- North Italia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years of high-volume culinary management experience
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $72,000 / Year
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision
- Company-paid group life insurance
- Short term disability
- Long-term disability
- Paid time off including vacation and sick time
- Health Savings Account
- 401k plan with company match
- Tuition assistance
- Eligible for up to 50% next day pay (exclusions apply)
- Employee Assistance Programs
About the Company
- Since 2002, North Italia has been a favorite neighborhood spot for crave-worthy, from-scratch modern Italian food.
- We believe every moment a guest spends with us should be one that is worth savoring.
- Our restaurants have a contemporary, welcoming vibe that our guests love.
- From the front of the house to the kitchen, our passion for what we do creates a vibrant energy that always makes you feel at home.
- Established in 2002 under Fox Restaurants Concepts in Scottsdale, AZ, North Italia prides itself on delivering handcrafted Italian food in a modern environment with an in-restaurant experience that prioritizes great hospitality every time.
- We care about quality and details in everything we do, from the perfect hand-cut pasta ribbon and the freshness of our vegetables, to the team members we hire and the guests we serve.
- North Italia joined the portfolio of unique restaurant concepts under The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated in 2019, benefiting from the long-standing history, culture, and passion for excellence that serves more than 40,000 employees in more than 200 full-service, casual dining restaurants throughout the US.
- We’re one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® because we care for our staff like family, give back to our communities and work towards a sustainable future.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all.
- We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences to apply.
- We offer reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
