Kitchen Manager/Chef Dallas

Blue Shock Recruitment Solutions; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative establishment is seeking a passionate Kitchen Manager to lead a dynamic culinary team. This role offers the chance to shape the restaurant's atmosphere, uphold high food quality standards, and foster a culture of exceptional hospitality. With a focus on personal growth and team development, you will inspire your team, ensuring they reach their full potential while creating memorable dining experiences for guests. If you are energetic, ambitious, and ready to make an impact in the culinary world, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality with a strong understanding of service.
• Ability to develop and motivate a culinary team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead hiring and training for culinary team members.
• Maintain brand integrity and focus on kitchen operations quality.
• Develop leadership within the culinary team.

Skills

Hospitality Understanding

Servant Leadership

Sales and Networking

Team Development

Communication Skills

Business Acumen

Job description

BlueShock Executive Search, established in 2003, is a renowned executive search firm excelling in recruiting top tier candidates across the restaurant, hospitality, and food service related sectors. As industry leaders, we specialize in forging connections between exceptional talent and leading employers in Canada and the US.

Our client is a modern take on the public house. The concept is a global flare, combining nostalgia, steampunk vibes, and an atmosphere where every day feels like an adventure. From great music and delicious food to uncommonly good service, we’re all about bringing people together and creating memories that last. At the restaurants, we don’t just serve food and drinks; we craft experiences worth sharing. You’re looking at a place where common is thrown out the window. A place where you can be yourself and share your infectious personality with every guest in the building, and an environment that cultivates the purest definitions of hospitality – even if you lack the necessary experience, our teams are committed to training with programs designed to help you reach your best self.

The menu, continuously developed by our Executive Chef, features globally inspired flavors and fresh, high-quality ingredients. Our passion for the culinary arts and hospitality is evident in our menu, but also in our teams. Both our culinary and front of house staff members are made of people who work to make memorable experiences for our guests, from handcrafted dishes to flawless table service, focused on excellence in every detail.

We create the comfortability found in a bar/pub with the quality of service and menu as premium casual.

We'd love you to come with:

• The criteria we are looking for in the individuals are that they must exude hospitality and truly understand it is an act, not just a definition.
• Our initial launch we have created a true hospitality first culture.
• Looking for the types of people that are overly happy, full of energy, positivity, that tend to draw people into them and understand servant leadership.
• Can you pick great people out of a room like yourself?
• Self-driven and independent.
• Understands outside sales, networking and knows how to execute.
• Some financial and business acumen is needed but not the #1 asset; we can teach those if need be for the right personalities.
• Understands how to teach and develop a team, not just tell a team what to do.

NSO experience would be a large asset but not mandatory for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities

• You will help maintain the integrity of the brand by monitoring and directing the activities for your restaurant and employees to focus on the quality of the Kitchen operations and sanitation.
• Being the Kitchen Manager is about being an inspirational leader in all aspects of culinary operations - instilling positive culture, developing leadership and role modeling hospitality. In this role, some of your responsibilities will also include:
• Take the lead in the hiring process for all culinary team members, including training and scheduling for all positions.
• Maximize long-term profitability through excellent leadership and mentorship of your team.
• Hold your team to the highest level of food quality execution and support the ongoing development of culinary skills within your team.
• Identify high potential in your team and develop those extraordinary individuals into leaders.
• Ensure the use of fresh, top-quality ingredients while continually balancing the cost of day-to-day operations.

Key Requirements

• Skilled business sense regarding inventory management, food cost, labour and scheduling, variable costs, etc.
• Established leadership skills - people development, ability to motivate everyone around you to always be at their best.
• Passion for the highest level of food quality.
• Energetic, upbeat, and ambitious.
• Strong patience and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve professional and personal goals.

Who We Are Hiring

• We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Kitchen Managers to lead our culinary teams towards continued success in this ever-evolving industry. As the Kitchen Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead the culinary operations in the restaurant, including developing leaders and team members, creating atmosphere, and ensuring profitability.
• Our restaurants are industry leaders in team development and offer unique opportunities for personal growth, regardless of where you are at in your career. You will be sure to make meaningful, career-enhancing connections and lifelong friends along the way.