Part-Time Breakfast Sous Chef

Part Time Breakfast Sous Chef

The Food Service Department cultivates nourishment dignity and welcome through
high-quality meals and compassionate hospitality. Guests volunteers and residents are
invited to learn serve and steward donated resources together helping create a
kitchen environment marked by safety respect and shared responsibility.
Wage:
$19.00 - $23.00 per hour DOE

Supervised by: Food Service Manager
Schedule: Mornings; 6 A.M.- 12 Noon(Part-time)

Position Description: The Sous Chef helps oversees breakfast food service
operations ensuring meals express Christs love and hospitality. The role supports
volunteers and residents maintains safe and clean kitchen environments manages
donated food resources and models grace-based accountability and spiritual
encouragement. This position integrates culinary skills leadership and ministry in a
high-volume donation-driven kitchen.

Responsibilities (including but are not limited to):

Create and execute a Breakfast menu
Support the Food Service Manager following best practices health codes and
kitchen procedures.
Train volunteers and residents in safe food handling prep work serving and
workstation responsibilities.
Maintain valid food handler card compliance for all kitchen workers.
Track inventory steward donated food and ensure equipment remains
functional.
Keep kitchen storage areas and dining spaces clean and food-safe.
Coordinate with partner restaurants food trucks and groups providing meals.
Participate in prayer devotionals and collaborative ministry; model Christlike
character and accountability.

Bulk Kitchen Responsibilities:
Prepare large-scale meals (50300 portions) and adjust menus based on
donations and guest needs.
Use structured systems: batch cooking prep lists par levels and production
schedules.
Establish clear stations for prep sanitation dishwashing serving and donation
sorting.
Train individuals with varying skill levels using simple repeatable methods.
Maintain a trauma-informed calm welcoming environment.
Operate industrial equipment including tilt skillets steam kettles convection
ovens and steamers.
Maintain temperature logs waste logs donation records and inventory updates.
Mentor residents interested in culinary growth; partner with staff to meet dietary
medical and cultural needs.
Oversee receiving sorting and storing donated food using FIFO and HACCP
procedures.
Support holiday meals community events and emergency-response food
service.

Qualifications:
Have a valid Food Server Card
Bulk-cooking experience and ability to apply food service best practices.
Desire to creatively reduce waste and steward donated resources.
Valid Washington State drivers license; ability to relate well to guests and
community members.
Compassion emotional maturity and trauma-aware communication.
Strong work ethic disciplined lifestyle and passion for serving Jesus; active in
church and prayer.
Preferred: institutional/large-scale kitchen experience; ability to simplify tasks and
teach diverse learners.

Ability to lead prayers and offer spiritual encouragement; committed to grace-
based accountability.
Mission-specific Competencies:
Hospitality as ministry
Consistent high-quality bulk production
Teaching and mentoring
Stewardship of donated food
Safe compliant kitchen operations
Collaboration across departments
Christ-centered humility and leadership
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:
May be required to lift heavy items up to 50 lbs.
90% standing 10% sitting

Equal Opportunity Employer
Lighthouse Mission Ministries is both an equal-opportunity employer and a faith-based
religious organization. Subject to all applicable state and federal laws Lighthouse
Mission Ministries does not discriminate in its employment practices or in the
administration and dissemination of its programs and services. Pursuant to the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e I(a)) Lighthouse Mission Ministries
has the right to and does hire only candidates who agree with the Lighthouse Mission
Ministries Statement of Faith. an outreach of Lighthouse Mission Ministries successful applicants will show a
desire to end spiritual economic physical and social poverties with an aim toward
restored identities and recovered vocations for the purpose of healthy relationship with
God each other and the world. Must be committed to the Christian faith and comply
with drug-free policy. Those qualified to join our team can enjoy a rewarding work
environment.

Required Experience:

Senior IC