Sous Chef resume summary example
Sous chef with six years of kitchen experience, including three leading the line in a 180-seat restaurant. Skilled in scheduling, ordering, and developing cooks, with a record of controlling food cost without losing quality. Looking to grow into an executive chef role in a chef-driven kitchen.
Strong sous chef resume bullets
- Led a line of eight cooks through 250-cover weekend services with consistent ticket times
- Wrote weekly schedules that kept labor within target while covering every station
- Managed ordering from five vendors and reduced weekly waste through tighter par levels
- Trained and promoted three prep cooks to line cook roles within a year
- Co-developed a seasonal menu of ten dishes and wrote recipe specs for the team
- Maintained temperature logs and sanitation records and passed every health inspection
- Negotiated vendor pricing on proteins and produce, saving the kitchen on weekly orders
- Served as acting chef during vacations and ran the full kitchen without incident
Skills to list
Kitchen leadershipExpeditingOrdering and receivingInventory controlLabor schedulingFood cost managementMenu developmentTraining and coachingServSafe ManagerConflict resolution
Tips that get you hired
- Show leadership with numbers, such as the number of cooks you supervised and covers you managed
- Include ordering, scheduling, and cost control, since these separate a sous from a lead cook
- Mention any menu or recipe contributions and name the concept
- List ServSafe Manager or equivalent certification if you hold it
- Describe a promotion or growth you drove in your team, because chefs hire sous chefs who build people
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