SOUS CHEF

Sous Chef – Tampa, FLBring your creativity, leadership, and passion for great food to Morrison Healthcare in Tampa! We're looking for a hands-on Sous Chef who enjoys leading a team, creating flavorful menus, and delivering meals people look forward to. Coming from a restaurant, hotel, resort, catering, or other foodservice setting? Your experience is welcome here. This is an opportunity to bring your culinary skills to healthcare, make a difference through food, and build your career with a national foodservice leader. The opportunity includes partnering with the Executive Chef to lead daily kitchen operations, develop menus, and keep food quality, presentation, and service running strong. You'll work alongside the culinary team, coach associates, support catered events, and help bring fresh ideas to the kitchen. What you'll do includes leading by example in food preparation, cooking, plating, and presentation. You'll help supervise, train, and develop hourly culinary associates. You'll partner with the Executive Chef on menu planning, recipe execution, and new culinary offerings. You'll support purchasing, ordering, inventory, and production planning to control costs and reduce waste. You'll help manage food and labor expenses while maintaining quality and service standards. You'll plan and execute catering and special events with attention to timing, flavor, and presentation. You'll maintain a clean, organized kitchen and uphold food safety and sanitation standards. You'll introduce new culinary programs in partnership with company culinary and marketing teams. You'll support client satisfaction initiatives and respond to feedback with practical improvements. What you bring includes progressive culinary experience with kitchen leadership or supervisory responsibilities. You'll have an associate degree in culinary arts or equivalent hands-on experience. You'll have strong cooking fundamentals and a commitment to consistent quality. You'll be able to organize production, prioritize tasks, and lead in a busy kitchen. You'll have knowledge of food cost controls, inventory, sanitation, and current food and catering trends. You'll have clear communication skills and a team-first approach. You'll be comfortable using Microsoft Office, Outlook, and email. Catering and high-volume foodservice experience is preferred. Institutional or batch cooking experience is helpful. ServSafe certification is highly desirable. Bring your ideas to the table and help us create a dining experience that makes a difference every day. Associates at Morrison Healthcare are offered many fantastic benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan, flexible time off, paid parental leave, holiday time off, personal leave, associate shopping program, health and wellness programs, discount marketplace, identity theft protection, pet insurance, commuter benefits, employee assistance program, and flexible spending accounts.