Sous Chef

Sous Chef

Tarrytown Local - Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Local is a new restaurant and grocery store in downtown Tarrytown, NY. Our mission is to foster holistic eating for personal, planetary, and community well-being. Every ingredient we use, produce, grains,oil, salt, and sugar, etc, is sourced intentionally and directly from farmers and producers we know and trust. 

We are looking for a Sous Chef to join our culinary team. This is an opening team role with significant opportunity for growth and creative input.

This role will work directly alongside our Executive Chef in leading and supporting the kitchen. The right candidate will help run day-to-day kitchen operations while helping build a comprehensive culinary program that is creative, ingredient-driven, and connected to the local food system. 

We are currently open for lunch service from 9am-3pm Wednesday through Sunday. We are looking to build our team to prepare to expand into dinner, Thursday-Saturday with a highly elevated concept (likely a tasting menu).

Our menu changes day-to-day, so flexibility, curiosity, and attention to ingredients and sourcing are essential. 

For the right candidate, this role will grow into increasing responsibility for menu development and kitchen leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Execute daily breakfast and lunch (eventually dinner) service alongside Executive Chef 
• Manage prep lists, kitchen organization, and service flow
• Lead and train other kitchen staff, including porters and line cooks
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness, organization, and execution
• Assist with ordering, sourcing, and ingredient management
• Collaborate on menu development as the program grows

What We’re Looking For

Our priorities are passion, mission-alignment, and drive over specific experience. 

The right person for this role is:

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Passionate about ingredients and good sourcing
• Calm and focused during service and under pressure
• Creative and excited to contribute ideas
• Curious and eager to keep learning
• Respectful, reliable, and punctual

We’re especially excited to hear from cooks who are:

• Former fine-dining cooks looking for a different kind of kitchen
• Food and ingredient “nerds” (intended the best way possible) and enthusiasts
• Farmer’s market contributors with a background in Hudson Valley producer economies 
• Creative cooks who love developing new ideas
• People who are excited about the future of food systems

The Food

Our menu features accessible, familiar food done in a new way, built around great ingredients from local farms and producers.

Think:

• Sandwiches, salads, and soups built around peak-season produce
• Market-driven daily specials
• Creative small plates and prepared foods
• Scratch-made grocery items 
• Frozen foods and pantry items made in-house with the same care as restaurant dishes
• Come dinner, more inventive and refined dishes showcasing our creative and technical ability and amazing ingredients

This will be a place where a cook can be both technical and creative in an environment more down to earth and approachable than fine-dining.

Why This Kitchen Is Different

• Every ingredient is vetted intensively and sourced intentionally
• Direct relationships with farms and producers
• A small, highly aligned founding team
• Creative input is encouraged
• Opportunities to develop new ideas, techniques, and products
• A strong commitment to healthy work-life balance
• Intense focus on quality, but directed at approachable, relaxed fare. 

We want culinary professionals who are excited to bring their own ideas to the table. Team members are encouraged to pursue their interests and develop projects within the Tarrytown local ecosystem.

Compensation & Schedule

Salary: Starting at $67,000 + bonus eligibility

Expected Schedule:

Approximately 40 hours/week

Typical schedule may look like:

Wednesday-Sunday 8am-4pm or 2pm-10pm come dinner.

About the Team

Tarrytown Local is led by Culinary Director & Executive Chef Fox Schanzer and Operator Steve Wazny, who are both owners of the project. The store is built around the idea that great food should benefit personal, planetary, and community health. 

We are building a small, strong founding team that wants to grow with the company and help shape the culture and direction of the business from the ground up.

If you’re excited about great ingredients, thoughtful sourcing, and building something meaningful from the start, we’d love to hear from you!