Sous Chef

The Role:
As Sous Chef, you will work closely with our Kitchen Manager and other Kitchen Staff Members on weekly meal production, working on everything from prep, to cooking, to plating/packing and cleaning. You will be involved with vendor ordering and production planning, helping guide junior team member when they join the team. We are a team that genuinely enjoys our jobs - we work hard and go home.

Responsibilities:

• Report to/work closely with Kitchen Manager during food prep in a shared commercial kitchen, working on production from prep, to cooking, to plating.
• Planning production (printing, organizing prep lists, etc)
• Vendor/ingredient ordering, inventory.
• Other kitchen prep/cleaning responsibilities as assigned.

Role Details/Hours:

• Full-time. Wednesday - Sunday, morning hours. Start times usually 5-6am. End times usually 3-5pm.
• Good work-life balance, (set shifts, not many unexpected hours)
• We work at a large and beautiful commercial kitchen in South Kearny. It makes being work more enjoyable.

What You Should Bring To The Table:

• Experience with prep and cooking. Ambition and hunger to learn is more important than an extensive resume.
• Strong organizational skills.
• A desire to be part of a small dynamic team that works together and does different things throughout the week.
• Experience working in a team environment. Being a team player is key to this role.
• Serv-Safe Food Handlers Certificate required.
• Proven ability to execute food production to meet time, quality, and volume standards
• Strong desire to improve culinary skills and knowledge of evolving food trends
• Ability to receive constructive input and adapt to changing environment as we scale up
• All candidates must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States

Company Description:

About mademeals:

mademeals.co is meal delivery startup working out of a newly constructed commercial kitchen in Kearny, NJ. Our meal prep service helps busy people meet their health, wellness and fitness goals by providing healthy, local, organic and humanely-raised foods when there's no time to cook.
We launched in March of 2019 and are growing every year.

As a small business, we're committed to supporting local farmers using local & organic practices and purchasing grass-fed/pasture-raised meats raised without antibiotics and wild-caught seafood.