Asian Restaurant Chef

Red Hawk Resort + Casino; Casino; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hawk Resort + Casino in Australia seeks an experienced Executive Chef to lead all kitchen operations, oversee a fine dining team, and develop innovative menus while maintaining the highest food quality and safety standards.

You will manage production schedules, inventory, and staff development, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, and upholding grooming and professional standards in a high-end setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Culinary degree or Chef Certification required.
• Minimum of two years of fine dining/ala carte experience required.
• Must be at least 21 yearsofage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook foods of all types for regular service or for special guests/functions.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Collaborate with others to plan and develop recipes and menus based on ingredients and guest numbers.
• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure standards are met.
• Check received products for quantity and quality.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Determine presentation and decorate food displays.
• Plan production schedules and staffing to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Estimate supplies and costs.
• Inspect facilities to ensure adherence to standards.
• Instruct staff in preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.
• Monitor sanitation practices and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Order or requisition food and supplies as needed.
• Recruit and hire kitchen staff.
• Maintain knowledge of fine dining trends and concepts.
• Document recipe specs and control procedures.
• Maintain grooming standards and act as a role model.
• Design and implement regular menu updates.
• Create and maintain online templates for production, commissary ordering and transfers.
• Respond to guest service issues.
• Monitor payroll/punch edits.
• Participate in monthly inventory.
• Inspect food safety documentation for accuracy and consistency.
• Facilitate information flow from management to staff and vice versa.
• Contribute to the venue's financial performance and menu changes.

Skills

Staff supervision

Menu development

Food safety

Culinary arts

Kitchen coordination

Education

Culinary degree or Chef Certification

High school diploma or GED

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and special menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers.
• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Check the quantity and quality of received products.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Determine how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
• Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.
• Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that team members follow standards and regulations.
• Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
• Recruit and hire staff, including cooks and other kitchen workers.
• Maintains knowledge of currently used concepts, practices and procedures associated with fine dining restaurant trends.
• Develops and documents all recipe specs, and control procedures.
• Maintains professional grooming and appearance and acts as a role model according to established grooming and appearance policy.
• Designs and implements regular menu updates
• Create and maintain on-line templates for Production, Commissary Ordering and Transfers
• Responds to guest service issues
• Monitor payroll/punch edits
• Participate in Monthly Inventory
• Inspects all food safety documentation for accuracy and consistency.
• Facilitates the flow of pertinent information from management to team members and from the team members to the Executive Chef
• Responsible for the financial performance of the venue to budget, makes course changes and recommendations to improve financial performance.
• Directly supervises the Restaurant Sous Chef and Cook 3. Indirectly supervises Cooks 2 and Cooks 1.
• Create and utilize a comprehensive and sustainable employee engagement strategy through both formal and informal feedback as well as constant communication
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Culinary degree or Chef Certification required.
• Minimum of two years of fine dining/ala carte experience required.
• Must be at least 21 yearsofage.

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