Sous Chef

JOB DESCRIPTION:

•  Assists the Chef in the preparation and production of all baked goods.
•  Prepares all pastry pieces, for display and special occasions’ orders.
• Maintains work areas, utensils, and equipment clean.
• Regularly checks all food items to ensure adequacy and quality at all times.
• Prepares specialty baked goods for in-house and catered events.
• Ensures that all temperatures of equipment are within the norms; reports to the maintenance department any out-of-order incidents.
• Assists in maintaining food production records, reports, and department files as required.
• Helps in taking care of departmental facilities, equipment, supplies, and materials in a manner which promotes efficiency, health, and safety.
• Assists in recording inventory of supplies and ordering stock from main warehouse; assists in estimating daily and weekly requirements and replenishing items as appropriate.
• Performs on-the-job training to all workers performing related works.
• Attends to day-to-day problems and needs concerning equipment and food supplies; detects and ensures disposition of spoiled or unattractive food, defective supplies/equipment, and/or other unusual conditions.
• Ensures the highest level of hygiene in all food handling operations.
• Helps in training and coaching all new hired employees in the department to meet job requirements and assists in supervising their performance.
• Provides training and guidance to the cooks and other Workers performing related work.
• Attends to day-to-day problems and needs concerning equipment and food supplies; detects and ensures disposition of spoiled or unattractive food, defective supplies/equipment, and/or other unusual conditions. Ensures compliance with company’s policies and procedures.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.