Sous Chef

Lazy Bear
San Francisco, California
Full Time

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Required Years of Experience

4 years

Job Details Lazy Bear is looking for a full-time Sous Chef. We are interested in people with passion and integrity, who will push the level of our creativity, experimentation, and standards on a daily basis. We're looking for career-minded individuals that will stick around and grow with us. We expect great attitudes, personal integrity, attention to detail, dedication to cleanliness, strong organization, friendliness, positivity, and a team mentality.

Requirements

A minimum of three years of experience in fine dining kitchens, with some Michelin background preferred.
Career-minded: looking to stay in one place for a longer period of time and grow with the company.
Great attitude and personal integrity.
Strong attention to detail and a need to work clean.
Experience organizing food storage over multiple cooling units and dry storage.
Experience taking, submitting, and maintaining inventory.
Experience managing multiple people in a kitchen setting organized around both short term and long term goals.
California Food Handlers Certification, Managers Certification is a plus.
Knowledge of advanced cooking techniques and how to use a variety of commercial cooking devices.

Job Duties

The Lazy Bear Sous Chefs help run the kitchen and may be responsible for any or all of the following as well as additional duties that may arise over time as the restaurant and the position evolves. We are looking for someone who has the ability and the commitment to do any job that is needed at the time, but the organization to know which jobs would be best delegated to others and when.

Upholding the standards and the culture of Lazy Bear.
Receiving deliveries and ensuring that they are accurate and that invoices are included every time.
Closely overseeing, guiding, and teaching our Chefs De Partie and Commis.
Creating and testing new dishes for our menu.
Frequently visiting farmers markets.
Foraging on a weekly basis.
Detailed butchering of fish and other proteins.
Making sauces and preparing other components for service.
Placing orders.
Effectively communicating with all aspects of the management team and members of the Front of House staff in order to facilitate the best experience for our staff and for our guests.

About Lazy Bear

Lazy Bear is a fine dining restaurant designed to bring communities together and link the dining experience to the creation and foundations of each plate. We currently hold two Michelin Stars and are on Eaters Essential 38 for San Francisco.

Benefits

Competitive salaried pay plus incentives
Work weeks are usually five days with Sundays and Mondays off, time off for holidays.
Promotion from within
Subsidized health, vision, dental, immediately upon higher
4% match for 401K
Generous time off
Priority reservations and employee discounts on dining
Special industry events and offsites.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Compensation Details

Compensation: Salary ($80,000.00 - $90,000.00)

Benefits & Perks: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Paid Time Off, 401k, Dining Discounts

Required Skills

Passion for cooking

Leadership

Integrity

Mentoring

Creativity

Creativity in Menu Development

Experimentation