The Wandering Gourmet is currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team in the kitchen as a sous chef. This individual will be responsible for daily cooking operations, meal production, inventory, and opening & closing. Applicants must possess positive leadership skills/personality, strong cooking skills, work clean, and an eagle eye for detail to either quickly advance or immediately qualify for this position. This is a great opportunity for chefs who are looking for a 9-5 job. You will occasionally work nights or weekends.
We are Michigan’s largest personal chef service located in Rochester Hills. In our commercial kitchen, we prepare from-scratch meals and seasonal menus for families of all sizes extending beyond the tri-county area. No day is the same.
Please send a cover letter, resume and salary requirements.
Love what we cook!
This opportunity is ideal for candidates who:
- Are relentlessly passionate about food
- Hands-on culinary talent and experience in high-quality food preparation
- Exudes integrity and hard work ethic
- Trained knowledge and practices uncompromising, strict standards in food sanitation, food handling and food safety
- Radiate a welcoming, positive attitude
- Thoroughly enjoy working with others and have excellent communication skills
- Detail oriented and welcomes direction
- Self-motivated and work independently
- Value the variety in a flexible-duty kitchen
- Have a desire to learn each and every day
Responsibilities
- Follows our from scratch kitchen model and individual client menu needs
- Conducts inventory & places orders
- Manages kitchen staff, assigns work on an ongoing basis to ensure that all stations remain stocked
- Ensures kitchen, dish, and storage areas are kept clean and organized
- Verifies orders received for quality as well as accuracy
- Ensures all health and safety codes, and company safety and security policies are met
- Sets excellent customer service and work examples
- Strong leadership and management skills by working with a variety of employees at different skills levels and varied backgrounds
- Verifies that kitchen staff follows all recipes and portions servings correctly
- Receives product, and verifies invoices and freshness of merchandise
- Performs additional responsibilities, although not detailed, as requested by the Executive Chef
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements
- Minimum 3-4 years in a professional kitchen
- Demonstrated strong leadership and teamwork skills and abilities
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience with cooking for specialty diets and allergies
- Must be able to stand for 9 to 10+ hours
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds
- Reliable and predictable attendance
- ServSafe Certification preferred, but not necessary
- College degree/Culinary school degree preferred, but not necessary