Executive Sous Chef
Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown
posted August 4, 2025
Exciting Opportunity for Experienced Executive Sous Chef!How to Apply
Compensation: Up to $50,000 per year
Join Our Team at Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown in Louisville, KY
Are you a seasoned culinary professional looking for an excellent place to grow your career? Look no further than our Executive Sous Chef position!
What You Will Be Doing:
As our Executive Sous Chef, you will be responsible for administering, planning, preparation, production, and control of all culinary operations in our hotel. Your role will involve directing and overseeing all culinary operations, ensuring food quality and presentation, compliance with safety and sanitation standards, team member productivity and performance, and overall profitability. You will work closely with our Director of Food and Beverage to create and implement new menus based on current trends and regional tastes. Interacting with guests and clients to assess satisfaction and make improvements will also be a key aspect of your role. Additionally, you will be responsible for general management duties, including budget and forecasting, report generation, and department management.
Requirements:
We are looking for a candidate with basic reading, writing, and math skills, along with some laundry experience preferred. The ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays may be required. Physical requirements include lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds, standing for extended periods, handling objects and equipment, and working in high-temperature areas around heavy equipment.
Education & Experience:
Our ideal candidate will have a two-year certificate from a college or technical school, or equivalent education and experience. Three or more years of experience as an Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef in a comparable hotel environment is required, along with banquet/catering experience. Strong leadership skills are a must.
What Our Associates Love:
- Amazing opportunities for career advancement across HVMG
- Flexible full-time and part-time schedules
- Up to 40% earned wages paid BEFORE payday with PayActive
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Full Healthcare Benefits (including medical, dental, and vision coverage)
- 401k Retirement Plan with a guaranteed 4% match and no vesting
- Hotel and Food and Beverage Discounts and Perks
An Equal Opportunity Employer:
We provide equal opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or disability.
NOTE: This hotel is owned and operated by an independent franchisee. The franchisee controls all aspects of the hotel’s employment practices, including the collection and processing of the personal data that you provide on this website, hiring, salaries and benefits. If you accept a position at this hotel you will be employed by a franchisee and not by Hilton.
How to ApplyHilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown
Hotel with 162 Rooms
In the Heart of Downtown Louisville
Located off I-65, we’re steps from Henry Clay Center, Mercury Ballroom and Louisville Palace. 4th Street Live! and KICC - Kentucky International Convention Center are less than a 10-minute walk. KFC Yum! Center and Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory are within a seven minute-drive. Enjoy our rooftop restaurant, fitness room, and 24-hour Market.
Our Associates Love
- Amazing opportunities for career advancement across HVMG
- Flexible full-time and part-time schedules
- Up to 40% earned wages paid BEFORE payday with PayActive
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Full Healthcare Benefits (including medical, dental, and vision coverage)
- 401k Retirement Plan with a guaranteed 4% match and no vesting
- Hotel and Food & Beverage Discounts and Perks
Careers at HVMG
HVMG is a successful and experienced hotel management company. Over the 20 years since our founding, we've worked with more than 100 hotels in 23 states, from premium branded properties to independent boutiques and resorts.
We are consistently listed among the top management companies in the hotel business, have won multiple Top Workplace awards, and most importantly, are obsessed with putting our associates first.
Our Be Excellent culture is more than just words on a website -- we live and breathe it. As one associate said in an anonymous survey, "This is the best management company I've ever worked for. They walk the talk from the corporate office to the field."
We believe that the hotel business is one of the few industries in which successful career paths can start anywhere on the org chart. You control your destiny, and, if our executives are any indication, today's dishwasher can be tomorrow's Senior Vice President.
HVMG participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.
Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown
350 West Chestnut Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Telephone (502) 584-5175
Website hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com
Managed by Hospitality Ventures Management Group