Required Years of Experience
2 years
Job Details
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION
To assist the Head Sushi Chef / head chef in the supervision of sushi production, and to participate in the food production. Ensures that the function provides the highest food quality consistent with cost control and profitability margins.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Ensures the highest food quality appropriate to the market by assisting the Head Chef in all areas of sushi bar operations
· Adheres to AQUA standards of food quality, preparation, recipes, and presentation
· Supervises the proper set-up of each item on menus and insures their readiness
· Stores unused food properly to minimise waste and maximise quality
· Assists in budgetary and payroll expense control as required
· Works closely with Chefs to ensure correct preparation and delivery times are kept and food quality is maintained
· Assures proper safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices are followed
· Monitors and helps staff to follow all applicable laws, especially in regards to food safety and sanitation
· Assures proper safety, hygiene and sanitation practices are followed
· Ensure cleaning check list are signed off on daily basis
· Good nigiri skills
MISCELLANEOUS
· Maintains own working area, materials and company property clean, tidy and in good shape; reports defective materials and equipment to the Head Chef
· Continuously seeks to endeavour the knowledge of own job function
· Actively engage in your own personal development to benefit the business and improve your personal skills – probationary period reviews, annual appraisals, attending training and development courses.
· Actively participate in weekly / monthly departmental meetings and any other meetings that you are required to attend.
· Actively participate to ensure that Staff Handbook is adhered to at all times.
GENERAL DUTIES:
Ø Attend any meeting or training session as required by Management
Ø Maintains a safe and hygienic work environment
Ø Is conversant and complies with:
Ø The company fire and health and safety procedures
Ø The company security procedures
Ø The property facilities
Ø Licensing regulations
Ø Operation standards and departmental procedures
KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL SKILLS & PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Personal Skills:
Command of the English language.
Ability to communicate with customers, fellow team members and peers with a friendly and positive attitude.
Self-motivated and flexible
Good organizational skills
3+ years experience
Roll and Nigiri experience
Fish butcher skills
Compensation Details
Compensation: Hourly ($30.00)
Required Skills
Teamwork
Attention to Detail
Time Management
Problem Solving
Adaptability
Customer Service Orientation
Leadership
Training and Mentoring
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Part of Aqua Restaurant Group
Two amazing cuisines, contemporary Japanese and Italian, served to your table as one fabulous experience. Aqua brings dining on a grand scale.
At our restaurant in the heart of Flatiron, just a stone’s throw from Union Square you have a choice of two restaurants serving Japanese and Italian cuisine. Order from one or both, wherever you are seated. Our menu reads Italian from the front and Japanese from the back. Our diners love to start with our signature Japanese sushi platter to share, followed by an Italian entrée and a delicious dessert. The choice is yours!
Italian and Japanese cooking match perfectly because they both share the same culinary philosophy: using the freshest seasonal produce and preparing theme simply to let their natural flavors shine. Aqua New York has two separate restaurants – Aqua Roma and Aqua Kyoto – each a master of its own cuisine to bring our unique lifestyle dining concept to your table.








