Executive Sous Chef

About the Club: Piping Rock Club is a family-oriented, full-service Country Club located on the North Shore of Long Island, NY. Founded in 1911, the Club is proud to offer their membership the finest in dining and sporting activities, including a nationally ranked C.B. Macdonald designed golf course. The Club also offers trap shooting, a racquets facility with 29 indoor and outdoor tennis courts, squash, croquet, paddle tennis, and a beach club with a pool. Most of the rooms open into a hall that surrounds an internal courtyard.

Piping Rock is one of the most exclusive country clubs on the North Shore. The Main Club offers multiple indoor and outdoor options for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. A separate facility on Long Island Sound provides beach, pool, and dining facilities for members. The Beach Club offers a cocktail lounge, a café and dining room, a snack bar, and an ice cream parlor. The Beach Club is open from May through October.

Primary Functions and Duties:

Hands-on - directly supervising/cooking items requiring skillful preparation.

Excellent culinary skills and team leadership qualities to meet members’ expectations.

Uphold all quality control systems to meet and satisfy the standards of Piping Rock Club’s membership

Lead with presence - monitor performance of assigned staff and ensure that all procedures are completed to department standards.

Responsible for keeping the Executive Chef informed of all staff members or member-related issues so that the issues may be dealt with immediately.

Assist in ordering inventory of products, for each department that this position is responsible for.

Beyond cooking - skilled administratively managing personnel budgets along with accuracy in purchasing and maintaining food inventories and cost control.

Ensure shift opening and closing procedures are followed, that requisitions are complete, accounted for and processed.

Position Specific: The Piping Rock Club, and talented Executive Chef, Brian M. Walsh, CCM, CEC, is looking for an Executive Sous Chef with depth and passion. He/she will maintain the highest professional food quality and sanitation standards. The Executive Sous Chef is available to work various stations during busy meal hours when needed. Trained to expedite and manage by ‘leadership action’ all employees within kitchen. Tastes food by making rounds before service. Serves as a daily liaison between the Executive Chef and the overall kitchen and stewarding staff throughout all assigned departments.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

The position requires a strong organized leader who is committed to excellence in all matters. This is an opportunity to learn from the ‘best’ in your path to advance your career. Foodservice is scratch production, blending traditional and progressive offerings.

Ideal candidate will have worked for either a private, member-owned club or multi-unit, luxury-brand hotel/resort (I.E. Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons level).

Graduate from an accredited culinary school

Have a long tenure in your current and all or most past positions