AM Catering Sous Chef

Job Summary

Job Description

Job Perks and Benefits

• Monday-Friday schedule with weekends off
• 11 paid holidays
• Full medical vision and dental coverage
• Competitive pay
• 401k with employer match
• On-the-job training toadvance in your position
• Free meals and snacks during your shift

Key Responsibilities

• Attend production meetings with management and employees regarding scheduled caterings and requests

• Managing the catering team

• Organizing catering calendar BEOs and special events

• Answering emails and internal ticket requests as needed from employees and work with catering admin organizing catering intake forms that are created through a google form

• Place catering food orders

• Confirm event details with management and get the proper approval/info to support the event

• Train catering team members on service standards and procedures

• Document standard operating procedures for catering processes

• Manage timecards for catering employees

• Conduct performance reviews for catering staff

• Manage inventory of catering supplies compostables and equipment

• Write catering menus as needed

• Approve catering packets for kitchen and FOH team provided by catering admin

• Schedule setup delivery and pick-up for catering

• Meet with catering team to go over catering packets and delegate duties

• Communicating with our team about last min event requests and add-ons

• Working on catering event request and updating packets with last min. add-ons

• Sending friendly calendar invites to inform chefs about high profile events happening inside of the executive business center

• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent culinary skills understanding

• Interpersonal and organizational skills

• Sense of urgency

• Excellent verbal skills

• Excellent multi-tasking skills

• Professional appearance

• Ability to move throughout the café and kitchen

• Knowledge of safety and sanitation in the workplace

• Ability to handle kitchen equipment and tools safely

• Event Management skills such as how to read a BEO ordering set up and break down of events

• Management experience

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience preferred

• 3-5 years experience in a Catering Manager role

• Sous Chefs must have and maintain an active Food Handlers Card as required by the California Health Department

Work Environment

• The work environment for Catering Manager includes the following large kitchen environment elements and exposures

• Fast paced kitchen

• High sense of urgency

• Moderate to high noise level

• Exposure to soap and cleaning solutions

• Slippery/uneven surfaces may be encountered

• Frequently moving from cold freezer to normal kitchen environment

Physical Demands

• Some heavy lifting (may lift 10-50 lbs.) and possible moving of equipment required

• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision for safe navigation of work area and use of equipment

• Heavy and repetitive hand and arm motion involved in production and clean up

• Standing walking bending/twisting and balance are all required to perform job task

• Reaching across surfaces while moving containers reaching above shoulders for containers for removal and storage

• Standing a minimum of 8 hours a day

• Carrying containers of different sizes and different types of product of all shapes and sizes

• Removing hot items from oven

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. Physical requirements include stooping standing climbing and frequent lifting of a minimum of 50 lbs. of equipment. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

About:
Flagship Culinary Services is dedicated to helping companies provide high quality dining experiences for their employees and visitors. Our talented teams help deliver delicious and nutritious food made from scratch with a strong emphasis on local and organically grown ingredients. We support many different types of food service setups from full-service cafés to customized food concepts.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Work Authorization

Authorized to work in the U.S.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Flagship is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire promote discipline or discharge will be based on merit competence performance and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job.

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