Are you looking for steady employment, with opportunity for growth at a long standing establishment with a positive work environment? If so, we are looking for you!!! The Cortlandt Colonial Manor is currently looking for a sous chef to join our team.
Sous Chef Responsibilities:
-Produce consistent freshly prepared food to existing recipes
-Create and produce daily dinner specials with creative descriptions and type them onto printed menus. Being able to write/type a creative menu item description is an important skill for this position.
-Assist Executive chef with recipe food costing and implementing new cost control measures
-Be a part of the team creating new standardized systems and procedures to increase efficiency and consistency
-Be a part of the team maintaining sanitation standards
-Provide input on new menu item creation
-Work Under the direction of the Executive Chef and chef de Cuisine while offering creative solutions to daily problems while creating/implementing new operational systems and procedures
This position is ideal for an experienced cook who is ready to make the jump to sous chef, or a recent culinary school graduate looking for their first sous chef position, or an experienced sous chef looking for a position that will enable personal and professional growth. We are looking to find the right person who can blossom into a position given some flexibility and space to grow. An ideal candidate is someone who wants to take significant part in a growth spurt of a long standing organization, while learning through doing under the guidance of an experienced chef/owner, and Chef de Cuisine. Long term employment offers the opportunity to advance to higher positions within the organization as we are growing. If you prefer position with a short term employment to gain sous chef experience, while growing as a chef and helping us implement new changes to our operations, we will also consider you for our position.
Our ideal candidate should be energetic, engaging, and enjoyable to be around. They must work as a team player with all employees. Reliability is also a very important trait. Most importantly, we are looking for someone to fit well into our team and culture.
The Cortlandt Colonial Manor is a family owned and operated 90 seat restaurant and 200 seat catering venue run under the direction of a second generation chef/owner. Now in our 45th year, we are embarking on a rebirth of our restaurant and seek to add the right individual to our team to grow with us.