Village Ice Cream is on an exciting journey to find our next Sous Chef! We are looking for someone who is creative, collaborative, and self-motivated. As Sous Chef, you will lead seasonal flavour development and special projects with support from our Head Chef. In any given week, you will split your time between high-level meetings with the Kitchen Manager team, collaborating with the Bakery Manager to ensure exceptional ingredient procurement, and of course, creating incredible flavours for our seasonal calendar. You’re amazing at this role in the people in your life would describe you as an innovative leader who is organized, efficient, and adaptive. If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet you (over an ice cream of course!)

As Sous Chef with Village Ice Cream, you will:

• Develop new recipes to create exceptional flavours that align with Village Ice Cream’s brand standards and goals, including ideation, costing, scaling the recipe, procurement, and approval from the Leadership team.
• Support our Head Chef in providing leadership, direction, and organization to the Kitchen Managers to ensure efficient production company-wide.
• Develop and effectively document special projects.
• Collaborate with our Bakery Manager on ingredient procurement that meet pricing, time, and quality expectations.
• Monitor back of house expenses and identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
• Maintain up-to-date ice cream and inclusion recipe costing.
• Maintain a clean and organized commissary and actively work to ensure minimal waste.
• Follow company policies as well as food health, safety, and sanitation guidelines with care, and ensure other employees do as well.
• Provide coverage and support for the Head Chef, Kitchen Managers, and Ice Cream Makers when necessary.

You are a great fit for this role if you:

• Have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a culinary, pastry, or product development role.
• Have a minimum of 1 year of experience in a management or leadership position.
• Have experience and a passion for developing recipes or leading creative culinary projects.
• Exhibit exceptional ability in turning creative ideas into a fully executed reality.
• Are familiar with COGS management, recipe costing, and procurement.
• Are proficient in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
• Are a proactive thinker with the ability to plan projects and menus up to 6 months in advance.
• Have a valid driver’s license and clean drivers abstract.
• Take pride in exceptional organization and cleanliness.
• Are an adaptive individual who can think on the fly and embrace change.
• Lead with positive energy.
• Take pride in your work.
• Prioritize the greater good.

Our compensation offer for this role includes:

• Full-time, salaried position.
• Annual performance reviews.
• 100% company subsidized health and lifestyle spending account.
• Company subsidized mental health benefits.
• Participation in the Village Mini Business Program and other professional development opportunities.
• All the free ice cream you can eat while on shift.
• Employee discount to be used on product & merchandise.

If we reach out, please expect an interview process which includes:

• An initial screening interview with our Head of People and Culture.
• More comprehensive interview(s) with our Head Chef and Management team.
• Reference chats with past employers or other contacts.

While we’d love to meet everyone who applies, we unfortunately do not have the capacity to do that, so only those who are short-listed will be contacted.

Thank you for taking the time to apply!

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Village Ice Cream is an independently owned, local, premium small-batch ice cream producer and retailer in the heart of Calgary. Founded in 2012, Village has grown into five scoop shops in Calgary’s most energetic neighbourhoods, from University District to Bridgeland, Victoria Park, Marda Loop and Britannia Plaza.

Our mission is to turn our scoop shops into the best beer-free parties in town, and we won’t rest until we do. We are also focused on ‘doing good in our ‘hood’, and we’re committed to making a valuable impact in our city by pursuing partnerships with incredible community partners like Kids Cancer Care, Centre for Sexuality, and Pawsitive Match to mention a few.

Village is a company where people who are creative, hard-working, friendly, honest, and open come to do great work. Every person at Village is here because their role is necessary. We do not have anyone twiddling their thumbs – every team member has a direct impact on our business. Lastly, we only hire people we can count on, so you can be certain that you’re joining a team of happy and competent team members.

At Village Ice Cream we are committed to being powerful allies in celebrating and supporting diversity and inclusivity. We continue to learn and evolve how we create meaningful, safe, and equitable employment opportunities for the many different groups of people that exist in our world. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all steps of our hiring process.