Company description

Emma’s Torch is a non-profit social enterprise. Our mission is to train refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking in the culinary arts and to empower them to build meaningful careers in the culinary industry. Our students participate in a full-time, paid, culinary training program in preparation for job placement. We celebrate what they have to offer, and we affirm their innate value and power. Emma’s Torch honors Emma Lazarus, a staunch advocate for refugee rights whose poem, “The New Colossus,” adorns the Statue of Liberty.

Founded in 2016, Emma’s Torch piloted our signature classroom café program in 2017. In May 2018, we opened our first full-service restaurant in Brooklyn, receiving recognition from outlets such as the New Yorker, the Today Show, Bloomberg, CNN, and the Guardian, among many others. The restaurant, which houses our Culinary Training Program, has cemented Emma’s Torch as a community institution. In response to increased demand for our services, we opened another program site at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in April 2019, enabling us to amplify our impact and to engage the community at large in supporting our mission.

Job description

The Sous Chef will work alongside the Kitchen Operations Manager to provide a safe and constructive work environment for the students, teach the students all aspects of production and service in a restaurant environment, maintain a high standard of cleanliness, organization, & food quality, and manage the day-to-day back of house & service operations.

The Sous Chef position at Brooklyn Public Library is a unique opportunity to work in a quick service environment that allows you to be actively involved in all aspects of the operation, as well as practice and develop your teaching and leadership skills as you work with our unique student base.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Teach and manage all kitchen staff
Mentor and support students throughout their apprenticeship
Operate as the primary manager of day to day operations in the restaurant or cafe
Be an example and mentor for work ethic, conduct, training, organization, sanitation, and professionalism
Assist with scheduling, menu development, costing, inventory, labor control, and DOH guidelines
Family meal and creation of specials with an understanding of product utilization, organization, and cleanliness of storage areas
Respond to guest inquiries as needed
Maintain facilities and equipment according to DOH standards

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $64,350 - $75,000

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline