Black Desert Resort is an ultra-premium destination resort in Southern Utah offering refined dining, luxury accommodations, and curated guest experiences. Basalt is a flagship fine dining restaurant recognized for elevated cuisine, precision execution, and exceptional service standards.

The Fine Dining Sous Chef plays a key leadership role in delivering consistent, high-level culinary performance and supporting the overall success of the kitchen operation.

Job Summary

The Fine Dining Sous Chef – Full-Time is responsible for supporting the Chef de Cuisine in overseeing daily kitchen operations, ensuring exceptional food quality, and maintaining efficient service execution. This role provides hands-on leadership during service, supervises culinary staff, and ensures all dishes meet Basalt’s high standards for presentation, consistency, and timing.

The Sous Chef is a key operational leader responsible for team development, food safety, and maintaining the discipline and structure required in a fine dining environment.

Job Specifications

Onsite: Black Desert Resort – Basalt Restaurant
Shift & Schedule Availability: Year-Round / Full-Time
Pay Range: $68,000 – $81,600/year. This is the pay range we reasonably expect to pay for this position. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.

Why Join Us

• Signature Culinary Leadership: Support a flagship fine dining restaurant at an ultra-premium resort.
• Growth Opportunity: Develop leadership skills within a high-performance culinary team.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health insurance, 401K with company match, employee dining room, paid time off, exclusive resort discounts, and complimentary employee hotel stay program.

Key Responsibilities including but not limited to

• Assist the Chef de Cuisine in leading daily kitchen operations and service execution.
• Supervise culinary team members including cooks, prep staff, and stewards.
• Lead service periods, ensuring proper timing, communication, and execution across all stations.
• Ensure all dishes meet recipe specifications, quality standards, and presentation expectations.
• Support menu development, seasonal changes, and daily features.
• Monitor food preparation and plating for consistency and accuracy.
• Maintain strict adherence to food safety, sanitation, and HACCP standards.
• Assist with inventory management, ordering, and product control.
• Support labor scheduling and productivity management.
• Train, coach, and develop culinary team members.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe kitchen environment.
• Collaborate with front-of-house leadership to ensure seamless guest experiences.
• Support cost control initiatives including waste reduction and portion control.
• Uphold Black Desert Resort’s ultra-premium culinary standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of 4–6 years of progressive culinary experience in fine dining or upscale environments.
• Prior leadership or supervisory experience in a kitchen required.
• Strong knowledge of advanced culinary techniques and presentation standards.
• Experience managing high-volume, high-quality service environments.
• ServSafe certification required or ability to obtain.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

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