We are hiring an Executive Chef/Chef de Cuisine for a posh, hotel restaurant that offers poolside seating & a delicious Baja-inspired menu! The ideal candidate for this role has experience & passion for creating elevated Mexican dishes & California-style cuisine. Competitive salary & unbeatable work perks are just a few of the many fantastic programs this restaurant group has to offer!
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared & served according to the restaurant’s recipes, portioning, cooking, and serving standards.
- Provide orientation of company and department rules, policies & procedures & oversee training of new kitchen employees.
- Fill in where needed to ensure guest service standards & efficient operations.
- Work with restaurant managers to plan and price menu items. Establish portion sizes & prepare standard recipe cards for all new menu items.
- Control food cost &usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes, and waste control procedures.
- Oversee and ensure that restaurant policies on employee performance appraisals are followed & completed on a timely basis.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of kitchen management experience.
- The ideal candidate must be confident in his or her ability to run the kitchen & must be a true team player.
- Must have confidence in managing BOH & hiring new members if necessary.
- This individual must be ambitious, dedicated & excited to grow within the culinary family.
- Must be a master when it comes to all financial elements of the business.
- Must have prior experience working in a corporate environment.
- Farm to Table experience & a genuine passion for scratch cooking preferred!!
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Quarterly bonus incentive
- A corporate culture that embraces chef creativity
- Medical
- Family meal
- Dining vouchers
- Paid time off
- Phone coverage
- Growth within the organization
- Unique company culture
- Plenty of parking