Bonrue is a bakery known for our baked goods and sandwiches, and we're looking for a Sous Chef to help lead daily production out of our Commissary Kitchen. You'll report to the Head of your assigned department, supporting them in keeping production on schedule, quality on point, and the team running like a well-oiled kitchen, supplying retail locations, catering, wholesale accounts, and special orders across the brand.
If you love the structure and pace of high-volume bakery production, take pride in consistency, and enjoy coaching a team, this is your kitchen.
What You'll Do
- Supervise the production team, assigning tasks, monitoring workflow, and keeping production on schedule
- Open and/or close the commissary per company procedures
- Check in with production departments throughout the shift to support progress and troubleshoot issues
- Assist your Department Head with production planning, prep lists, and daily operational needs
- Allocate and verify finished products for retail, catering, wholesale, and special orders
- Ensure recipes, portioning, and quality standards are consistently met before packaging, storage, or shipping
- Support inventory management, product rotation, and inventory accuracy
- Maintain food safety, sanitation, and kitchen organization standards
- Train, coach, and develop team members, including new hires
- Communicate production concerns, equipment issues, and staffing needs to your Department Head
- Jump into production during high-volume periods to keep the team on track
What You Bring
- 3–5 years of culinary or food production experience in a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen or commissary environment
- Experience supervising, training, or leading a production team
- Strong knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and kitchen organization standards
- Detail-obsessed with a pride in consistency and quality
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Collaborative, growth-minded, and partnership-oriented
- Ability to multitask and stay accurate under pressure
- ServSafe certificate and food handler's permit (or willingness to obtain)
- Valid driver's license and reliable, predictable attendance
Why Bonrue
Join a team where your leadership directly shapes the quality and consistency guests count on every day, across every location. We invest in coaching our leaders and building a culture of accountability, pride, and teamwork.
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