Executive Sous Chef – The Good Eating Company San Jose, California
About the Role
As an Executive Sous Chef, you’ll be the heartbeat of the kitchen—hands-on, accessible, and setting the tone for culinary excellence. This role is about leading with presence, inspiring your team, and ensuring every plate reflects our passion for scratch cooking, fresh ingredients, and best-in-class hospitality.
We’re seeking a kitchen leader with a proven commitment to innovation, teamwork, and collaboration—someone who can inspire excellence and elevate workplace dining into something extraordinary. This position is the perfect next step for a Sous Chef ready to advance their career and make a lasting impact.
Lead the Kitchen: Be hands-on during service, guiding the team and ensuring flawless execution.
Deliver Last-Mile Cooking: Elevate dishes with precision and creativity, ensuring every detail delights.
Inspire & Mentor Staff: Train, coach, and grow the culinary team, upholding the highest standards of quality, presentation, and safety.
Collaborate with Clients: Partner directly with clients to deliver seamless catering experiences and build trusted relationships.
Ensure Safety & Standards: Oversee daily production with a focus on food safety, sanitation, and consistent excellence.
Compensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. Sodexo offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include:
More extensive information is provided to new employees upon hire.
Proven experience in culinary leadership, ideally as a Sous Chef or similar role
Passion for scratch cooking, local sourcing, and culinary innovation
Strong mentoring skills to inspire and elevate your team
Operational expertise in food safety, compliance, and kitchen management
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone and build a better life for all. We believe in improving the quality of life for those we serve and contributing to the economic, social, and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. Sodexo partners with clients to provide a truly memorable experience for both customers and employees alike. We do this by providing food service, catering, facilities management, and other integrated solutions worldwide.
Our company values you for you; you will be treated fairly and with respect, and you can be yourself. You will have your ideas count and your opinions heard because we can be a stronger team when you’re happy at work. This is why we embrace diversity and inclusion as core values, fostering an environment where all employees are valued and respected. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need assistance with the application process, please complete this form.
Minimum Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience
Minimum Management Experience - 2 years
Minimum Functional Experience – 1 year work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.