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About the Role
The Sous Chef supports the Executive Sous and Executive Chef by coordinating menus, purchasing, scheduling, food preparation, and plating for banquet and catering events as well as F&B Outlets while maintaining profitable F&B operations and high-quality products and service levels. They are expected to provide training for all staff, meet corporate quality standards, establish and enforce food specifications, portion control, recipes, and sanitation.
Responsibilities
- Ordering & requisitioning banquet & Outlet products in a timely manner and in appropriate quantities
- Coordination, planning and supervision of the production and presentation of food served at all banquet events and outlets
- Manage and participate in daily culinary operations, including meal preparation and production, supervision of food quality and presentation, compliance with safety and sanitation standards, team member productivity, policy implementation, cost controls, and profitability
- Analyze banquet event orders to plan and coordinate the food and beverage portion of client functions
- Perform daily walk through inventory to determine daily production and prioritize product utilization
- Assign production duties to all staff
- Conduct a line check for outlet and banquet service to ensure quality of product
- Meet daily with line cooks to coordinate and ensure production standards
- Properly use, handle, clean, breakdown, and maintain all kitchen equipment
- Maintain food quality standards including consistency and presentation
- Coordinate proper food storage according to standard operating procedure
- Direct employees in proper service techniques
- Assist with expediting service in outlet and banquets
- Perform end of night walk through
- Document appropriate information in kitchen management log books daily
- Review information in kitchen management log books daily
- Control cleanliness and sanitation of all employees for entire kitchen
- Manage and oversee all stations and walk-ins in restaurant
- Practice, train, monitor, and maintain sanitation standards, including state and local health guidelines
- Deliver passionate and engaging service to guests, recognizing individual guests and anticipating their unique needs
- Consistently deliver the GUEST model: Greet, Use eye and ear contact, Establish/anticipate needs, Solve and own all requests/complaints, Thank everyone
- Build solid relationships with colleagues, treating them with respect and dignity
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned, and assist in other areas of the hotel when needed
Requirements
- Union experience preferred
- Hotel banquet experience preferred
- Complete a full application in addition to attaching a resume
- Incomplete applications received will not be considered
- Complete the full application in addition to submitting your resume
- Incomplete applications will not be reviewed
Skills
- Menu coordination
- Purchasing
- Scheduling
- Food preparation
- Plating
- Training staff
- Food specifications
- Portion control
- Recipe adherence
- Sanitation
- Inventory management
- Food storage
- Service techniques
- Expediting service
- Kitchen management log books
- Cleanliness control
- Guest service
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Overtime Eligible Manager (OEM)
- Approximately a 45-hour workweek
Salary/Compensations
- $30.00 to $35.00
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account with Company Match
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Paid Vacation and Sick Days
- Sonesta Hotel Discounts
- Educational Assistance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Various Employee Perks and Discounts
- Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
About the Company
- We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast).
- With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be.
- We’re not just in the business of hotels, we’re in the business of people. We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect—delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).
Equal Opportunity
- Sonesta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.