Senior Sous Chef - Modern Indian

We're hiring: Senior Sous Chef — RASA, Lucknow

RASA is a 70-seat, evening-led progressive Indian bistro in Lucknow, built around bold food, a strong bar programme and a guest experience that feels warm, confident and contemporary.

As we enter the next phase of RASA, we're looking for a Senior Sous Chef who can help lead the kitchen on the floor every day — someone who combines strong cooking ability with discipline, organisation and the ability to build a reliable team.

The Role

The Senior Sous Chef will work closely with the Culinary Director and will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of the kitchen.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading kitchen operations during prep and service

• Maintaining consistency in taste, presentation and portioning

• Supervisising and developing the kitchen brigade across tandoor, burner, assembly and prep sections

• Ensuring mise-en-place and station readiness before every service

• Managing service flow, ticket times and communication between sections

• Maintaining recipe, yield and portion-control standards

• Supporting food-cost and wastage control

• Monitoring stock levels, storage and kitchen organisation

• Maintaining high standards of hygiene, food safety and cleanliness

• Conducting daily tastings and quality checks

• Helping train, evaluate and develop junior chefs

• Taking operational charge of the kitchen in the Culinary Director's absence

• Supporting menu trials, specials and new-product development

Who We're Looking For

We would like to meet chefs who have:

• Strong experience in premium restaurants, modern Indian kitchens or quality-driven hospitality operations

• Solid knowledge of Indian cooking techniques, ingredients and kitchen fundamentals

• Experience managing a multi-section kitchen during busy service

• Strong leadership and people-management ability

• Good understanding of food costing, wastage and inventory discipline

• The ability to work calmly and decisively under pressure

• A hands-on approach — this is a working kitchen leadership role, not a desk position

• High standards of cleanliness, organisation and consistency

Experience with progressive Indian food, contemporary plating or modern restaurant kitchens will be an advantage.

Location

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Position

Senior Sous Chef — Full Time

RASA operates primarily as an evening restaurant, so the role will be structured around afternoon prep and dinner service.

We're looking for someone who wants to help build a kitchen, not simply fill a position.

Interested candidates can apply through LinkedIn or send their CV with current salary, expected salary and notice period.