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About the Role
Join an elevated modern Asian fusion restaurant in San Francisco as an Executive Sous Chef. This role is ideal for a hands-on culinary leader with expertise in modern Asian, Asian fusion, seafood-driven, or high-end chef-driven cuisines, focusing on premium ingredients and team development.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day BOH operations and ensure exceptional execution throughout service
- Maintain high standards for food quality, flavor, presentation, consistency, and sanitation
- Oversee preparation and execution of a sophisticated, seafood-forward menu
- Train, coach, mentor, and develop culinary team members
- Maintain strong standards for seafood handling, product quality, storage, and utilization
- Manage mise en place, production, station readiness, and service execution
- Support scheduling, labor management, purchasing, inventory, and food-cost controls
- Assist with menu development, specials, recipes, and culinary innovation
- Maintain strong kitchen systems, organization, cleanliness, and accountability
- Partner closely with FOH leadership to ensure a seamless guest experience
- Assist with recruiting, onboarding, training, and retention of the culinary team
- Step into full kitchen leadership responsibilities as needed
Requirements
- Previous experience as an Executive Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Senior Sous Chef, or similar culinary leadership role
- Experience in modern Asian, Asian fusion, seafood-focused, fine-dining, or upscale chef-driven restaurants
- Strong experience working with fish, shellfish, and premium seafood
- Knowledge of Asian ingredients, sauces, flavor profiles, and cooking techniques is a significant plus
- Strong culinary fundamentals with refined plating and presentation skills
- Proven ability to lead, train, and develop a high-performing BOH team
- Experience operating in a demanding, high-volume upscale restaurant environment
- Strong understanding of food cost, labor, inventory, purchasing, and kitchen controls
- Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills
- Professional, composed, and highly hands-on leadership style
- High standards for consistency, cleanliness, organization, and accountability
Skills
- Asian ingredients
- Asian flavor profiles
- Seafood handling
- Wok cookery
- Raw preparations
- Dumpling preparation
- Contemporary plating
- Menu development
- Culinary innovation
- Kitchen systems management
- Team development
- Food cost control
- Labor management
- Inventory management
- Purchasing
- Sanitation
- Plating
- Presentation
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
About the Company
- An elevated modern Asian fusion restaurant in San Francisco.