Executive Sous Chef - Polished Steakhouse Brand

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  • Hoboken, New Jersey
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    Job Description

    Executive Sous Chef – Fine Dining Steakhouse


    We are seeking a talented Executive Sous Chef to join a high-growth fine dining steakhouse company known for exceptional food quality, high standards, and outstanding hospitality.


    This is an excellent opportunity for a chef who wants to grow their career, develop their leadership skills, and position themselves for future Executive Chef opportunities.


    What We’re Looking For


    The ideal candidate is a hands-on culinary leader who is passionate about great food, developing people, and operational excellence.

    You will work closely with the Executive Chef to lead the culinary team, maintain exceptional standards, and create a kitchen culture built around accountability, teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement.


    Key Responsibilities

    • Help lead all aspects of daily kitchen operations
    • Maintain exceptional standards for food quality, consistency, presentation, and execution
    • Coach, train, and develop culinary team members
    • Support hiring, onboarding, scheduling, and team development
    • Maintain strong food safety, sanitation, and cleanliness standards
    • Assist with food cost, inventory, purchasing, and labor management
    • Lead by example during high-volume service
    • Build a positive, professional, people-first kitchen culture
    • Partner with the Executive Chef to continuously improve culinary execution


    Ideal Background

    • Leadership experience in fine dining, upscale steakhouse, or high-end polished casual restaurants
    • Strong knowledge of steaks, proteins, seafood, sauces, and scratch cooking
    • Experience leading high-volume, high-standard kitchen operations
    • Strong organizational and communication skills
    • Passion for coaching and developing culinary talent
    • High standards with exceptional attention to detail
    • Desire to grow into an Executive Chef or senior culinary leadership role


    Why Join Us?


    This is more than an Executive Sous Chef position. It is an opportunity to join a growing restaurant company that invests in its people and promotes culinary talent from within.

    If you are a driven culinary leader who takes pride in exceptional food, high standards, developing people, and creating memorable guest experiences, we would love to speak with you.


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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHoboken, New Jersey

    Skills

    • Coachingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Cook Dishesunmatched
    • Culinary Trainingunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Food Qualityunmatched
    • Food Safetyunmatched
    • Inventory Costsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Operationsunmatched
    • Operations Planningunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Procurement Managementunmatched
    • Restaurantunmatched
    • Sanitationunmatched
    • Seafood Departmentunmatched
    • Talent Managementunmatched
    • Team Buildingunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched

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