Sous Chef​/Kitchen Manager - LOCAL Woodlands

Overview

Sous Chef/Kitchen Manager - LOCAL The Woodlands

Full-time

As a Sous Chef, you will directly impact the success of the business by delivering on the overall experience and value for the community and your partners (employees). At LOCAL Public Eatery, you will have a voice in the direction and growth of the business and the ownership and freedom to reach your goals. We live by the motto “It’s your Business.”

In this role, you will be responsible for attracting, retaining, and mentoring a dynamic and fearless team of individuals. Being their mentor means that you will dig deep into personal exploration to uncover potential they may not see in themselves.

• Exude professionalism, friendliness and fun towards guests and partners alike.
• Support your team in the preparation of all ingredients and food products to fulfill prep lists, par levels, and recipe standards.
• Utilize various preparation and cooking methods to ensure the quick, precise creation of our menu items in accordance with LOCAL Public Eatery recipes. Wash, chop, cut, grill, roast, sauté, fry, etc. Coordinate with other stations as needed.
• Maintain prep and cooking areas in a clean, sanitary, and safe manner.
• Ensure clean, organized, and maintained refrigerators, cooler drawers, ovens, preparation, and dry storage areas, etc.
• Train partners on the instructions and guidelines for safe usage of kitchen equipment and cleaning compounds. Report on equipment problems and maintenance issues immediately.
• Fulfill recruitment needs, impact positive candidate experiences, and select and retain your team.
• Support your team in training and development of technical knowledge and world-class execution of LOCAL Public Eatery tasks and standards.
• Communicate daily focus and feedback to partners.
• Manage in-store budgets, food costs, and labor.
• Coach the kitchen team as needed to deliver on consistent and memorable experiences for our guests.
• Follow all food service and handling safety precautions and procedures.

• 3+ years culinary experience (If you have high potential but less experience, we still want to meet you!).
• Team leadership – you are a natural born leader in any crowd.
• Bring out the best and connect with others to build your team; you know that teamwork means success.
• Interest in honing your culinary and sales building skills.
• You continuously seek opportunities to grow and learn.
• Must have or be able to obtain valid local and/or state Food Handler permits.
• Be able to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; frequent bending, reaching, and stretching; repetitive manual tasks; and lift and carry up to 50 lbs.

• Agility - You respond quickly to your changing environment.
• Curiosity - You question the way things are done with a drive to make them better.
• Humility - You are okay with not always having the answer. You are fearless and put your teams needs first.
• Integrity - You re honest, real and consistent. You believe in yourself and take pride in who you are and what you say.
• Sense of fun - You like to have fun and enjoy what you do, you always show kindness and care.
• Resiliency - In the face of challenges, you don t give up. You are resilient and only get stronger from the ups and downs.

• Flexible scheduling.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical reimbursement plan, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for benefit-eligible partners.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation.
• Gotta eat. Enjoy our food at a discounted rate.
• Get paid to refer your friends, great people know great people.
• We’re here to have a good time and don’t take ourselves too seriously.
• Be a part of a community of awesome people.
• Run your business. We will teach you how.
• Have a seat at the table and the opportunity to contribute to a growing brand.
• Development that is always on tap means you’ll learn something new every day.
• Always innovating. Our menu is ever evolving by the season.

LOCAL Public Eatery is a community-focused restaurant brand where we create unexpectedly memorable experiences for teams and guests in a dynamic, team-centric and results-driven environment. We provide ongoing feedback and mentorship to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development. LOCAL Public Eatery is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

LOCAL Public Eatery is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants.

Note:

This posting highlights essential responsibilities and requirements of the job and is for illustrative purposes only. There may be additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications for this job.

LOCAL Public Eatery - LOCAL Public Eatery, The Woodlands

9595 Six Pines Dr, The Woodlands, TX, 77380