Operations
Run it
every day.
Cook → Combine → Finish → Package. Grab ingredients → cook → assemble → finish → package.
Daily checklist
Today
Start of day
Before service
During service
End of day
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Not required
- New employees
- A new storefront
- A new dining room
- Special equipment
- Sous Chef sauce bottles or flavor packs
- Fermentation
- Batch pickling
- New cooking stations
- Custom kitchen construction
- Custom packaging or stickers
Equipment
- Flat-top or griddle
- Fryer
- Oven
- Pots and pans
- Cutting boards
- Standard refrigeration
- Standard prep containers
Packaging standards
Custom packaging is not required at launch. Use high-quality generic delivery packaging. No Sous Chef stickers are required at launch.
- Securely closed
- Vented where necessary
- Leak-resistant
- Preserves crispness
- Preserves heat
- Avoids unnecessary plastic
- Labeled according to applicable restaurant requirements
Allergen rules
Every Sous Chef menu is designed to be dairy-free, sesame-free and nut-free.
- Do not add dairy, sesame, peanuts or tree nuts.
- No butter, cheese, cream, ranch, tahini, sesame oil or sesame seeds.
- Check the ingredient label of every purchased product for allergens and cross-contact.
- Do not substitute your own sauces without checking the recipe and allergen requirements.
- Contact Sous Chef before any substitution.
Purchased-ingredient label checks
- Check bread labels for dairy and nuts, and use bread without sesame seeds or sesame cross-contact.
- Check every purchased ingredient label for dairy, sesame, peanuts, tree nuts and cross-contact.
- Check hot honey labels for prohibited allergens.
- Check noodle labels: many noodles contain egg, and some are made on lines that handle sesame.
- Check tortilla labels for dairy, sesame and nuts. Many flour tortillas contain lard; use a lard-free tortilla for vegetarian items.
- If the kitchen breads its wings, use a thin coating and check it for dairy, sesame and nuts.
- Tofu is soy. Check the label for sesame cross-contact.
- Use a dairy-free biscuit. Standard biscuits usually contain butter or buttermilk.
- Verify Korean chile products contain no sesame or problematic cross-contact.
- Verify all purchased meats are dairy-free, sesame-free and nut-free.
- Verify the miso contains no sesame or other prohibited allergens.
- Verify the mustard contains no prohibited allergens.
- Verify the roast beef is dairy-free, sesame-free and nut-free.
- Verify the soy sauce contains no sesame or problematic cross-contact. Most soy sauce contains wheat.
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