Northwell Careers

Executive Sous Chef

Job Overview

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Employment Type

Full-time
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Work Schedule

Standard Hours
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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee Discounts

Job Description

This opportunity is with a respected healthcare institution known for its commitment to providing quality nutritional services through a proficient culinary team. As a healthcare food service provider, it places a strong emphasis on both patient satisfaction and regulatory compliance to ensure food safety and quality. The organization fosters a collaborative work environment and supports career advancement within its culinary department. It values leadership that can not only manage but also inspire a team to consistently meet rigorous food preparation and safety standards while maintaining excellent customer service for patients, cafeteria patrons, and catering functions.

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Job Requirements

  • Associate's degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience
  • 4-6 years of relevant experience
  • 0-2 years of leadership or management experience
  • ability to motivate and train a culinary team
  • understanding of food safety and sanitation standards
  • capability to manage menu planning and food production processes
  • excellent communication and organizational skills

Job Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience
  • 4-6 years of relevant experience
  • 0-2 years of leadership or management experience
  • knowledge of cooking techniques, safety and sanitation regulations
  • strong interpersonal and communication skills

Job Duties

  • Promotes culinary department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members
  • leads the activities of assigned culinary team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives
  • supervises, hires, trains, disciplines and evaluates the performance of staff
  • provides training and in-services regarding cooking techniques, safety and sanitation regulations, operating policies and procedures
  • ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner
  • prioritizes, schedules, assigns and monitors work to optimize preparation of foods to meet the menu requirements
  • develops, selects and standardizes production recipes
  • establishes presentation techniques and quality standards
  • plans all menus in collaboration with professional dietary staff, department standards, costs and recipe information
  • prepares all food items appropriate for each meal period
  • adjusts staff work flow to ensure timely output of meals
  • removes food items from refrigerators/freezers/storage areas according to amounts required for each meal service
  • prepares food items according to established recipes and menus
  • provides guidance in appropriate use of equipment, utensils, cooking techniques and sanitary practices
  • places food items in appropriate cooking pans and cooks according to menu requests
  • portions food products according to established portion control guidelines
  • places panned food on meal tray assembly line and/or serves food according to menu requests
  • removes unused food and wraps, dates, labels and stores accordingly
  • discards food not meeting time and temperature guidelines
  • complies with all applicable sanitation, safety and fire regulations
  • cleans respective work area, equipment and utensils
  • informs executive chef of inventory overages or shortages
  • reports any malfunctioning equipment or utensils to executive chef
  • addresses and resolves customer questions and/or complaints
  • escalates issues to executive chef, as required
  • performs related duties as required

Job Qualifications

Experience

Mid Level (3-7 years)

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