Sous Chef

**Company Description** Join** us at Accor, **where** life pulses **with** passion**

As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status-quo.

By joining us, you will become a Heartist®, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.

You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfil yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world

You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment.

Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues and for the planet.

**Hospitality** **is** a **work** of **heart**,**
**Join** us and **become** a **Heartist**®.**
**Job Description** Sous Chef**

Come join the culinary team at Mercure. Develop your culinary skills with some of mercure’s most talented chefs, while enjoying the lifestyle of the Canadian Rockies. Develop your talent with us as a Sous Chef, where your care and creativity will elevate our menus Turn your exciting career into an exciting life.

**What you will be doing**:

- Maintain on-going training and development of employees, conduct employee performance reviews and disciplinary action
- Ensure appropriate staff scheduling and monitor staffing levels in conjunction with determined budgets and forecasting
- Create and design menus, while keeping the overall restaurant concept
- Liaise with food stores to ensure the proper rotation of foods
- Seek opportunities to increase food revenue, decrease kitchen expenses and maximize departmental productivity without compromising guest satisfaction
- Responsible for kitchen operations in absence of Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef
- Oversee the safety and sanitation of the kitchen, while ensuring all kitchen equipment is maintained and in good condition
- Maintain departmental standards in accordance with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts core standards
- Ensure effective cooperation between outlets and the kitchen
- Create memorable dining experiences for guests
- Ensure a clean and safe working environment, and actively participate in health and safety initiatives
- Adhere to all hotel environmental policies and initiatives
- Carry out any other tasks as assigned

**Qualifications**
- Highly energetic and excited about the challenges that a large and versatile resort offers
- Minimum of 7-8 years’ experience in a culinary leadership role
- Valid trade qualifications required
- A passion for food and desire to further develop culinary and leadership skills
- An effective supervisor and trainer
- Innovative, detail-oriented and quality conscious
- Actively seeking knowledge of new trends in presentation and preparation
- Self‑motivated, with the ability to make effective decisions
- Demonstrates initiative, and the ability to multitask and work with mínimal supervision
- Ability to maintain high service levels under pressure
- Physically fit to lift trays repeatedly, stand and walk for the duration of the shift.
- Ability to consistently stand and walk through out shift

**Additional Information**
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.