Sous Chef

We have an incredible opportunity for a passionate Sous Chef to join our growing New York Team! Who We Are: We have a passion for hospitality culinary delights on every banquet floor and in the sky. With the three business segments of Airline Catering, International Event Catering, and Restaurants, Lounges & Hotels, DO & CO offers gourmet entertainment all over the world. We operate in 32 locations, 12 countries and 3 continents, maintaining the highest standard of quality in both our products and services. We refine the classics, develop the unknown and grow constantly, sometimes beyond our own expectations. Responsibilities: • Oversee daily kitchen operations, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and on time. • Lead and manage a team of helpers, junior supervisors, and supervisors, fostering a productive and collaborative work environment. • Train new team members, monitor their performance, and provide ongoing support to help them meet their goals. • Execute food service standards with a focus on quality, technique, portioning, presentation, and cost control. • Contribute to catering growth and innovation by enhancing cost efficiency, quality, presentation, and creativity. • Ensure the freshness of ingredients, participate in food tastings, and standardize production recipes to maintain consistent quality. • Verify product availability, report shortages or discrepancies to the Executive Chef, and ensure all documentation is accurate and up-to-date. • Ensure production processes, quality standards, and deadlines are consistently met, maintaining the highest quality levels. • Assist the Executive Chef with catering proposals, cost control, reporting, and scheduling. • Align kitchen staff availability with business needs, coordinating schedules as required. • Ensure compliance with company guidelines, including HACC, OSHA, FDA regulations, and PPE protocols. • Enforce safety and maintenance standards, ensuring the team adheres to food storage, handling, preparation protocols, and overall cleanliness. • Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by management, upholding DO & CO standards.Qualifications: • Minimum of 3 years of culinary experience in a high-volume and full-service kitchen. • Demonstrates outstanding organizational skills and a knack for prioritizing tasks effectively. • Capable of seamlessly managing multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment, dealing with a substantial workload, and sustaining periods of extended standing as required. • Proficient culinary knowledge of terms, procedures, and practices. • Adopts a hands-on approach and exhibits the ability to respond promptly with a sense of urgency. • Displays flexibility in scheduling, accommodating different shifts (different shifts –days, nights, weekends, holidays). • HACC, OSHA, FDA regulations, AND food safety standards knowledge is required. • Excellent in computer operations, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other relevant applications. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to interact and work well within a diverse group with experience/exposure to leadership roles. • Possesses at least a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualification, a Bachelor's degree is preferred.What We Offer: • Estimated salary range: $70,000 - $80,000 annually. • Daily Complimentary Meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner). • An organization dedicated to fostering innovation; in pursuit of cultivating creativity, embracing new ideas and leveraging our impeccable standard for hospitality. • Genuine career development opportunities, both nationally and internationally. • The chance to collaborate and represent a leading force in the luxury global gourmet entertainment industry.Diversity & Inclusion Statement: We want everyone to feel welcome, respected and we are committed to providing the best space, experience, and workplace for our teams - no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and makes you. That is what makes our team so special. #NYCIND