Tufts University
Research university in Medford, MA
Assistant Sous Chef
Full-TimeUpdated on 9/19/2026Deadline 8/10/27
$29.46/hr
Senior
Associate's
Medford, MA, USA
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About the job
Requirements
- 5-7 years of experience planning and preparing hot and cold foods for service and coordinating the work of a culinary crew in a restaurant, hotel, or institutional operation.
- Expertise or a high level of interest in various cuisines and cooking methods, quantity food preparation and batch cookery, and general culinary techniques and skills, with demonstrated mastery of all cooking methods.
- Practical experience leading a kitchen crew in a logical, efficient, and fair manner; coaching and training culinary skills and techniques; designing plate and buffet presentations; and assisting with developing recipes and menus.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of kitchen sanitation and food safety practices, with the ability to enforce safe food handling guidelines.
- Ability to be accountable for the quality of products produced by others, meet tight deadlines, and contribute to kitchen and action station production.
- Ability to read, speak, and understand English and working knowledge of basic food service mathematics.
- ServSafe Certification.
- Ability to work during fast-paced and high-pressure periods.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate mastery of cooking techniques, including cook-chill technology, recipe development and testing, and preparation of a wide variety of international cuisines.
- Prepare and present a variety of hot and cold foods using standardized department recipes, forecasted quantities, and various preparation methods.
- Assist with evaluating the daily kitchen workload, suggest job assignments, and oversee cooks and other kitchen personnel in the absence of the unit Sous Chef or manager.
- Evaluate finished products for quality and assist with addressing sub-quality production and presentation by analyzing problems and implementing solutions with the culinary leadership team.
- Work in all kitchen areas as needed while focusing on production and presentation.
- Research, develop, test, and adjust recipes for all production areas.
- Execute kitchen sanitation and food safety practices; keep kitchen staff on task; and assign side work and equipment maintenance duties as needed.
- Assist, coordinate, and expedite food preparation from the kitchen and action stations while ensuring safe food handling and on-time production.
- Assist in planning and executing production and presentation for assigned meals, including designing and executing buffet presentations.
- Collaborate with the Sous Chef and management to implement the unit's culinary goals and management initiatives.
- Prepare specialty meals in a timely manner and meet deadlines for those meals.
- Perform line checks and properly complete standard forms, service records, and checklists.
- Follow department scheduling, timekeeping, and time-off procedures.
Desired Qualifications
- Associate's Degree in Culinary Arts.
- Experience cooking and leading in a university or institutional setting in a top-tier program.
- Experience using computers for work and the capability and willingness to learn the FoodPro software system.
- Experience supervising the culinary work of others.
About the company
Tufts University is a private research university headquartered in Medford, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through schools in the Boston area and beyond.
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