We are looking for a skilled and hands-on Sous Chef to join our culinary team at a growing health meal subscription company. The Sous Chef will play a key role in delivering healthy, nutritious, delicious, and consistent meals at scale, while maintaining high standards of food quality, hygiene, presentation, and kitchen efficiency.

This role is ideal for a chef who combines strong culinary fundamentals with an understanding of healthy cooking, portion control, standardized recipes, and high-volume food production.

Key Responsibilities

Kitchen Operations

- Support the Head Chef in managing day-to-day kitchen operations and production.
- Lead the kitchen team during assigned shifts and ensure smooth workflow.
- Plan and coordinate daily food preparation based on production requirements and meal orders.
- Ensure all dishes are prepared according to standardized recipes, specifications, and portion sizes.
- Monitor cooking times, temperatures, yields, and overall food quality.
- Maintain efficient utilization of ingredients and minimize food wastage.

Healthy Food Production

- Prepare and oversee production of nutritious meals using fresh, high-quality ingredients.
- Follow nutritional specifications, calorie targets, portion sizes, and dietary requirements established by the culinary/nutrition team.
- Ensure healthy cooking techniques such as grilling, roasting, steaming, baking, and controlled use of oils and sauces.
- Assist in developing and testing new healthy recipes and meal concepts.
- Maintain consistency in taste, texture, appearance, and portioning across large production volumes.

Team Management

- Supervise, train, and mentor Commis Chefs, kitchen assistants, and other culinary staff.
- Allocate daily tasks and ensure production targets are met.
- Monitor staff performance and adherence to kitchen SOPs.
- Promote a disciplined, collaborative,



and professional kitchen environment.
- Support onboarding and training of new kitchen team members.

Food Safety & Hygiene

- Ensure strict compliance with food safety, sanitation, and personal hygiene standards.
- Monitor food storage, temperature control, FIFO practices, and expiry dates.
- Ensure proper handling of raw, cooked, and ready-to-eat foods.
- Conduct regular checks of kitchen cleanliness and equipment.
- Follow company HACCP/food safety procedures and applicable local regulations.

Inventory & Cost Control

- Assist with daily inventory checks and ingredient requisitions.
- Monitor ingredient usage and identify potential wastage or cost issues.
- Maintain appropriate stock levels in coordination with the procurement team.
- Ensure proper storage and labelling of all ingredients and prepared foods.
- Help maintain food cost targets without compromising quality.

Key Performance Indicators Success in this role will be measured through:

- Consistency and quality of meals
- Adherence to recipes and portion specifications
- Daily production accuracy and timeliness
- Food safety and hygiene compliance
- Food wastage and yield management
- Kitchen productivity and labor efficiency
- Team performance and discipline
- Customer feedback related to food quality

Requirements

- 36 years of professional kitchen experience, preferably in a high-volume restaurant, cloud kitchen, meal-prep, catering, or food production environment.




- Previous experience as a Sous Chef, Chef de Partie, Senior CDP, or equivalent.
- Strong understanding of cooking techniques and kitchen operations.
- Experience managing or supervising a kitchen team.
- Good knowledge of food safety, hygiene, storage, and handling practices.
- Comfortable working with standardized recipes and production systems.
- Strong understanding of portion control and food cost management.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Culinary qualification from a recognized institute is preferred but not mandatory.

Preferred Experience Experience in any of the following will be an advantage:

- Healthy meal preparation
- Meal subscription / meal-prep businesses
- Cloud kitchens
- High-volume food production
- Fitness or nutrition-focused food brands
- Calorie-controlled or macro-based meals
- Corporate catering
- HACCP / food safety systems
- Recipe standardization and batch production

Skills & Attributes

- Strong culinary skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Leadership and team-management skills
- Strong organization and time management
- Understanding of food costs and yields
- Ability to work under pressure
- Consistent and process-oriented approach
- Passion for healthy food and nutrition
- Good communication skills
- Hands-on approach to kitchen operations

What We Offer

- Opportunity to work with a fast-growing health and wellness food brand
- Exposure to modern, nutrition-focused food production
- Opportunity to contribute to menu and product development
- Career growth within the culinary and operations team
- A collaborative and performance-driven work environment

If youre a hands-on chef who loves combining excellent food with health and nutrition, we’d love to hear from you.

📌 Sous Chef (Mumbai)
🏢 Baésic Fit
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