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About the Role

As a Sous Chef, you will support Restaurant Leaders to drive culinary and hospitality excellence in a scratch-based kitchen. You will master every station by consistently executing recipes and training others to elevate the team's knowledge. You will guide Chefs-In-Training, lead during peak service, resolve guest concerns, and serve as a resource on culinary and systems best practices. This hourly position is an opportunity to learn the business and grow with DIG.

Responsibilities

• Elevate and motivate Chefs-In-Training by modeling culinary expertise, hospitality, and a positive attitude.
• Train teammates on each station, following diagrams, pars, and prep standards for consistency.
• Demonstrate mastery of every station by consistently executing seasonal menu offerings according to recipes, procedures, and standards.
• Manage prep lists, waste logs, and participate in food inventory, coordinating with the Chef de Cuisine to ensure the walk-in is stocked and organized.
• Learn all restaurant ordering systems to support the CDC in maintaining appropriate pars for service.
• Execute successful restaurant shift management by creating deployment plans, delegating tasks, and managing scheduled deployment and breaks.
• Successfully open and close the restaurant using checklists and communicating with previous leaders to prepare for shifts.
• Participate in team building through interview shadowing, contributing to the Chef’s table agenda, providing feedback to CITs, and leading preshift meetings.
• Operate the expeditor/computer station to ensure food presentation and order accuracy for all order types.
• Troubleshoot and create solutions for guest concerns, digital ordering issues, and equipment maintenance.
• Help maintain an "A" letter grade by following Department of Health and DIG food safety standards.
• Demonstrate professional maturity and uphold DIG’s anti-discrimination & anti-harassment policies.

Requirements

• 1+ year of leadership experience in a culinary environment.
• Ability to perform physical requirements including frequently lifting up to 25 pounds and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Food Safety Certification.
• A desire to create exceptional employee and guest experiences.
• An eye for detail and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to assist wherever necessary.
• A desire for growth within the brigade.

Skills

• Culinary expertise
• Hospitality
• Station execution
• Training
• Shift management
• Inventory management
• Ordering systems
• Food safety standards
• Communication

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Hourly
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1+ year leadership experience

Education Level

• Food Safety Certification

Salary/Compensations

• $19 - $22 / hour

Benefits

• Complimentary lunch everyday
• Commuter Benefits
• Opportunities for GROWTH

About the Company

• At Dig Food Group, we’re building a better food system for everyone by sourcing, cooking and serving delicious food everyday.
• We have grown to more than 30 fast-casual Dig restaurants, opened our first full-service restaurant, 232 Bleecker, partnered with 130 farms including our own Dig Acres, and taught thousands of people how to cook.
• We build direct relationships with farmers, focusing on independent, first-timers, women, immigrants, LGBTQ and people of color.
• Each restaurant is run by a chef and all food is cooked on site with no microwaves, can openers or freezers.
• We train chefs and cooks from the ground up, emphasizing that knife skills are life skills.
• Our mission is to create a better food system where farmers can make a living, anyone can learn to cook, and we can all eat well, together.
• We believe in the power of a shared table to bring people together and are committed to building a culturally inclusive team.

Equal Opportunity

• DIG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, ancestry, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related condition, unemployment status, gender identity or expression, transgender status or gender dysphoria, marital status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, national origin, citizenship, disability, covered veteran and/or military status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, familial status as that term is described under the New York State Human Rights Law, caregiver or partnership status as those terms are defined under the New York City Human Rights Law (if you are employed in New York City) or other protected status or any other characteristic as protected under applicable federal, state and local law (“Protected Status”).
• Diverse candidates encouraged to apply.