Position: Sous Chef | Full-Time | Lynnwood Event Center
About: As the Sous Chef at The Lynnwood Event Center, you will play a key role in supporting the Executive Chef in overseeing daily kitchen operations, ensuring the delivery of high-quality food to large groups of guests. The Sous Chef will lead the kitchen team during prep time and food service. You will be instrumental in developing recipes and both overseeing and preparing a variety of dishes for conventions, trade shows, conferences, and special events, ensuring both consistency and excellence in food quality and presentation. The Sous Chef must provide a high level of event oversight, culinary proficiency, and operational/personnel support. The Sous Chef will actively mentor, train, and help employees meet quality standards.
Requirements: A culinary arts degree or equivalent experience; minimum three years experience as a Sous Chef or in a similar culinary management role, ideally in a high-volume setting (e.g., hotels, event venues, or convention centers); strong understanding of kitchen operations, food safety, and sanitation procedures; strong organization, communication, time management and problem-solving skills; can work with limited supervision; strong culinary math skills pertaining to recipe calculations, portion sizes, and measurements; strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with a variety of departments; basic computer skills and working knowledge of excel, word, outlook; current certification in food handling and safety sanitation is required, ServSafe is encouraged
Benefits: health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays)
