Bilingual English & Spanish | Pastry Experience Required
Salary: $70,000 to $74,000 per year, depending on experience

Wusong Road is looking for an experienced, hands-on Sous Chef to join our culinary leadership team in Cambridge. Wusong Road is a locally owned and operated Pan-Asian restaurant and bar known for its immersive atmosphere, high-volume kitchen, and nationally recognized beverage program. We have been recognized as one of the best tiki bars in the world and are among the top three sellers of rum on the East Coast.

We want to be very clear about this position: this is not a Pastry Chef position. This is a full Sous Chef role responsible for savory kitchen operations, prep, service, staff leadership, food quality and the day to day organization of a busy restaurant kitchen.

However, our Sous Chefs are also responsible for producing and maintaining the restaurant’s desserts. For that reason, so some professional pastry experience is required.

The right candidate should be equally comfortable leading a busy dinner service, training cooks, organizing prep and stepping into dessert production when needed.

What You’ll Do

• Work directly with the Chef to oversee daily kitchen operations
• Lead and supervise cooks during prep and service
• Maintain food quality, consistency, portioning and presentation
• Help organize daily prep and production
• Train, coach and develop BOH employees
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness, organization and food safety standards
• Assist with receiving, inventory, ordering and waste control
• Communicate clearly with both English speaking and Spanish speaking members of our kitchen team
• Produce the restaurant’s desserts and pastry components according to Wusong Road recipes and standards
• Maintain consistency and organization of dessert production throughout the week
• Help troubleshoot service and production issues and keep the kitchen operating calmly during busy periods
• Be prepared to run the kitchen when the Chef is not present

Pastry Experience
Again, this is not a dedicated pastry position.

We are looking for a Sous Chef who happens to have strong pastry skills.

Candidates should have professional experience with restaurant dessert production and be comfortable working with techniques such as baking, custards, creams, cakes, sauces, batters and other plated dessert components.

You do not need to come from a luxury pastry department or have worked exclusively as a Pastry Chef. You do need to understand the precision, organization and consistency required for professional pastry production.

Requirements

• Previous Sous Chef, Junior Sous Chef, Kitchen Manager or strong Lead Cook experience
• Professional fluency in both English and Spanish is required because this position supervises, trains and communicates with a bilingual kitchen team
• Professional pastry or baking experience is required
• Strong savory cooking and line experience
• Comfortable leading and coaching employees
• Strong organizational and prep management skills
• Able to maintain standards during high volume service
• Understanding of food safety, sanitation and proper food handling
• Available for evenings, weekends and holidays as required by restaurant operations

Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who enjoys being a working chef. This is not a clipboard management position. Our Sous Chefs cook, teach, organize, taste, troubleshoot and lead by example.

You should be someone who can move comfortably between leadership and production. One day that may mean running the line through a busy Saturday service. Another day it may mean working through dessert production, training a new cook or helping the Chef get the kitchen organized for the week.

Most importantly, we want someone who communicates well, treats the kitchen team with respect and takes pride in building a consistent and professional kitchen.

Compensation: $70,000 to $74,000 annually, depending on experience

Candidates with particularly strong Sous Chef leadership experience combined with significant pastry experience may be considered at a higher compensation level.