Hot Side Sous Chef
Are you excited about delivering the best experience to our guests? This position may be the perfect fit for you!
Company Summary: AFFAIRS to REMEMEBER is one of the largest privately held, full-service luxury catering companies in the United States. Our award-winning services include expertise in off-premise catering, site selection, décor, music and entertainment, tent rental, lighting, linens, ice carvings and photography. Our more than 45 years of success can be attributed to the company's innovative menus, impeccable service, attention to detail and reliability. We understand that providing delicious food is just the starting point. Our clients can count on us to guide them through an exciting, memorable experience from the moment of contact until the day after their special event, when we follow up with them and share the experience all over again.
Hot Side Sous Chef
Job Summary:
We are seeking a reliable, energetic, and experienced Hot Side Sous Chef to join our high-volume catering team. This role is responsible for the preparation and cooking of hot food items for events, ensuring quality, consistency, and food safety. The ideal candidate has strong culinary skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
When you join AFFAIRS to REMEMBER, you become a part of a talented group of committed individuals. We are a diverse and inclusive group, each bringing their own unique strengths and ideas to work.
In addition to offering a high energy, fast-paced working environment, we also offer benefits to eligible employees such as health insurance, voluntary contribution to a 401k program, and paid time off. We prioritize promoting from within and offer all our employees competitive wages.
Key Responsibilities:
Prepare and cook hot food items according to recipes and event menus, ensuring proper preparation, cooking, presentation of all hot menu items, meeting our quality standards
Follow prep lists and production schedules to meet event deadlines.
Immediately inform Executive Chef of any items missing needed to complete production
Supervise and train hot-side prep cooks and line cooks, ensuring proper techniques and consistency.
Ensure all hot food is cooked and held at safe temperatures in compliance with health and safety standards (e.g., HACCP, ServSafe).
Assist in creating and testing hot food recipes, specials, and seasonal offerings.
Maintain quality control by tasting dishes and adjusting as needed.
Assist with portioning, packaging, and labeling hot items for transport and service.
Complete all additional duties as required
Work as culinary personnel on events as needed
Safely operate kitchen equipment such as ovens, grills, steamers, and fryers.
Ensure all equipment on the hot line is maintained, cleaned, and operating safely. Inform Executive Chef of any equipment not functioning.
Enforce kitchen cleanliness, hygiene, and organizational standards, complying with all health department regulations and company policies.
Set an exemplary standard of self-accountability and timeliness/ punctuality.
Qualifications:
Culinary degree or equivalent professional experience.
3–5 years of experience in a commercial kitchen, with at least 1–2 years in a supervisory or sous chef role.
Knowledge of hot food preparation techniques, kitchen safety, and sanitation, and timing coordination.
Strong leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to train and inspire a team.
Excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Team player with excellent communication skills.
Working Conditions, Hours and Requirements
A primary workspace at AFFAIRS to REMEMBER’s main campus, located at 2316 DeFoor Hills Road, Atlanta, GA 30318, as well as party sites.
Ability to work a flexible schedule. Must be able to work nights, early mornings, weekends, and holidays at Indoor and outdoor venues.
Standing position for up to 8 hours. Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull. Frequently lift/move up to 50 pounds.
The ability to work in the kitchen around hot grills, ovens and fryers, as well as a cold climate working in and around freezers and coolers.
The average work week is 35 hours. Typical work week is 5-6 days.
COMPENSATION
You will be paid $24.00 an hour and $36.00 an hour based on any hours worked beyond 40 hours per week.
Employer contribution to voluntary enrollment health benefits estimated at $3,000 annually, after qualifying period
Voluntary employee contribution to 401k program, after qualifying period
Paid vacation following the first year of completed continuous full-time service, as accrued, using the formula of actual hours worked divided by 52 weeks.
Paid vacation following the second year of completed continuous full-time service, as accrued, using the formula of actual hours worked divided by 52 weeks, times two.
