Pastry Sous Chef

Join Our Culinary Team as a Pastry Sous Chef!

Are you passionate about leading in the kitchen, innovating menus, and maintaining top-tier food quality? We are seeking an experienced Pastry Sous Chef to bring their culinary expertise, leadership, and creativity to our bustling kitchen at The Vermilion Club within Winthrop Center in Boston’s financial district.

Essential Job Function : Responsible for managing the pastry kitchen personnel, ensuring the quality preparation of all pastry items and all proper handling/storage of all food items in accordance with standards. Coordinates the purchase of all food and menu development, maintaining food and labor costs.

Key Responsibilities :

• Food Cost Management :
  • Supervising pastry cooks
  • Ordering pastry ingredients on a daily basis
  • Filling out weekly and monthly inventories
• Labor Cost Optimization :
  • Cutting BOH pastry staff according to business demands
  • Reconciling payroll daily for pastry cooks
• Menu Development & Innovation :
  • Following SOP’s for menu development:
  • Menu meeting
  • Testing/Tasting protocol
  • Standardizing recipes
  • Communication Training FOH&BOH/Implementation- Updated MEP, Menu Descriptions, Line Up
• Staff Training & Leadership : Develop the next generation of culinary talent by training and mentoring new and current pastry cooks, while ensuring quality and consistency across the kitchen.
• Kitchen Maintenance & Standards : Maintain a pristine kitchen environment by liaising with the engineering team for maintenance issues, and ensuring strict compliance with DOH and HACCP standards.

Qualifications :

• Must be available for PM Dinner Service
• Certification in NYC Food Protection License is required.
• Understanding of labor and food cost control.
• Ability to lead and inspire a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on leadership with approximately 5 pass coverage shifts per week, ensuring your imprint on the kitchen is visible and impactful.

Benefits :

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Supplemental Benefits through Aflac
• Paid Time Off
• 401K
• Transit and Parking Benefits
• Dining Discounts

John Fraser Restaurants 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.                                          More detail about John Fraser Restaurants - Winthrop Center part of JF Restaurants, please visit