Lula Café, the farm-to-table institution and seriously busy Logan Square hub, is hiring a PM sous chef.
For 22 years we have been a vibrant restaurant, always searching, changing, and looking for new paths forward. Today we continue that search with the hopes of finding a unique individual to join our management team in a role we hope to be equally unique in its leadership capacity.
Our mission at Lula Café is to create joyful food experiences by working with love and compassion. We hold these core values: empathy, creativity, equity, and community.
We’re looking for someone in a leadership capacity to help manage our hourly staff and PM services and help create and grow a kind of restaurant culture we hold as a highest standard. We believe in respecting the hard emotional and physical labor that goes into creating great food by giving our team the resources, training, and guidance they need to excel and by listening and collaborating with them as we go. We believe in strong but compassionate leadership. We aim for healthy work conditions, wage growth, and measurable happiness among the staff. We believe in serious effort, conscious choices, and hard work for good outcomes.
We strongly encourage BIPOC candidates to apply. We are hoping to find someone who will represent the diversity of our staff and who will help that diversity grow and prosper.
Our PM Sous Chef, in collaboration with our team of chefs, is responsible for the production, organization and execution of our PM service and kitchen team.
Duties include:
-maintain a steady focus on Lula’s Core Values and their presence in the workplace
-maintain a high standard of efficiency, cleanliness and organization
-cultivate and lead a group of free thinking and diverse employees to work toward a common purpose
-promote sustainability and a healthy workplace culture
-manage employee training and growth
-collaborate with the Lula kitchen management team on creative and seasonal thought towards menus and product
Daily Responsibilities:
-collaborate with Lula’s Executive Chef and Chef de Cuisine on production efficiencies and organization
-execute seasonal menu changes and implementation with Chef de Cuisine
-implement and execute production for PM menu
-oversee PM service setup with PM line cooks
-oversee and execute PM menu tastings and adjustments
-oversee and execute PM kitchen service close, focusing on cleanliness and organization
-review closing mise en place sheets, additional orders for next day production
-collaborate with kitchen management team on food and labor cost control
-expedite AM and PM services on an as needed basis
-assist various departments with organization, cleanliness, production, execution and quality assurances
