Junior Sous

Junior Sous Chef

Momofuku Las Vegas

Momofuku’s first restaurant on the West Coast opened inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in January 2017. Momofuku Chef and Founder David Chang creates a menu that draws influence from all over the world, including the US, Korea and Japan. The constantly evolving menu features steamed buns, noodles, and meat and seafood meant for sharing.

The Junior Sous Chef will assist in managing the line and ensuring the flow of service is efficient and smooth. The Jr Sous will have the opportunity to learn skills sets such as mentoring staff and additional technical skills along with creating new dishes with the Chefs. A key responsibility will be learning and refining his/her own mentoring style, understanding and enforcing training and disciplining staff (line cooks, prep cooks, etc.).

Under the supervision and guidance of the Executive Chef & Sous Chef, the Junior Sous Chef will be responsible for the following:

• Monitor and ensure that standard kitchen operating procedures are met 
• Supervise all kitchen employees, assisting management in the training, mentoring, and disciplining of staff
• Support and manage prep for service
• Oversee the line during service while monitoring cooks’ progress and flow of service
• Working with the Executive Chef and Sous Chefs on menu creations and daily specials
• Support staffing needs for BOH open positions
• Send daily service reports, reservations logs, and hr related processes such as trail paperwork, worker’s comp, and accident reports.
• Manage inventory and costs with the Finance department

Skills & Requirements

• 3 years of related (high volume) experience required
• Experience with back of house administrative and managerial duties a must
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proven ability in teaching and mentoring kitchen employees
• Exceptional communication and supervisory skills

Physical Demands 

• The physical demands for this position are seeing, hearing, speaking, reaching, lifting up to 50 pounds, sitting, standing, for 5 to 10 hours, bending, and moving intermittently during working hours. These physical requirements may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations.                          

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Momofuku reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Momofuku or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

What's in it for you?

We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including vision/dental/medical, and gym and commuter discounts, plus more after required wait periods. We encourage our employees to grow and learn and offer many opportunities for personal and career development.

Momofuku is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including gender identity or expression), pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, marital status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, ancestry, national origin, alienage or citizenship, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other protected status.

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