Sous Chef – Award-Recognized Chef-Driven Hospitality Concept

Charlotte, NC

$60,000 Base Salary + Performance Bonus

Join One of Charlotte's Most Exciting Culinary Opportunities

We're partnering with a confidential, award-recognized hospitality group in Charlotte to identify an exceptional Sous Chef.

This chef-driven culinary concept was part of Season 23 of Bravo's Top Chef and offers the opportunity to work alongside a menu developed by a Michelin-selected chef. If you're passionate about elevated cuisine, scratch cooking, and continuous professional growth, this is an opportunity to join a team committed to culinary excellence.

This isn't a traditional restaurant. You'll help lead culinary execution across multiple dining experiences, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, upscale à la carte service, private events, and catered functions—all within one dynamic hospitality destination.

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

• $60,000 annual salary plus performance-based bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Employee meals and dining discounts
• Leadership development, mentorship, and advancement opportunities
• Opportunity to work within a culinary program led by a Michelin-selected chef
• Supportive, team-oriented culture with a strong emphasis on work-life balance
• Long-term career growth with an expanding hospitality brand
• $100 monthly wellness reimbursement for gym memberships, fitness, or wellness activities

What You'll Be Doing

You'll partner with the Executive Chef to help lead daily kitchen operations while maintaining exceptional culinary standards.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading service and supporting daily kitchen operations
• Executing scratch-made cuisine with consistency and precision
• Supporting breakfast, lunch, dinner, upscale dining, private events, and catered functions
• Coaching and developing culinary team members
• Running the kitchen in the Executive Chef's absence
• Assisting with inventory, ordering, receiving, and kitchen cost controls

You'll Be Especially Successful If You Have Experience With...

We're specifically seeking chefs whose recent experience has been in chef-driven, upscale casual or fine dining restaurants where scratch cooking, high-volume à la carte service, and guest-facing culinary execution were the primary focus.

We're especially interested in chefs with experience in:

• Upscale casual or fine dining restaurants
• Scratch-kitchen culinary programs
• High-volume à la carte service
• Multi-outlet hospitality environments such as hotels, resorts, clubs, entertainment venues, or restaurant groups with multiple concepts
• Multiple menus or multiple service periods
• Private dining, on-site catering, banquet production, or event-driven food service
• Candidates with recent experience leading chef-driven, restaurant-focused culinary operations will be most successful in this role.
• Leading service independently while supporting the Executive Chef
• Inventory management, purchasing, ordering, receiving, and BOH cost awareness
• Training, coaching, and developing kitchen teams

If you've built your career in an environment focused on exceptional food, hospitality, and continuous improvement, we'd encourage you to apply.

Who Thrives Here

This opportunity is ideal for chefs who enjoy helping build and improve systems, embrace accountability, adapt quickly, and want to play a meaningful role in a growing hospitality concept.

We're looking for leaders who are humble, collaborative, solutions-oriented, and committed to developing both people and great food.

If you're ready to continue your culinary career with one of Charlotte's most distinctive chef-driven hospitality concepts, we'd love to learn more about your background.