Description
Chef de Cuisine is responsible for developing and standardizing recipes, maintaining food costs, and ensuring a high standard of food quality and presentation. Must be well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for food and a keen eye for detail. Monitor food costs, inventory, and waste to maintain profitability. Ensure compliance with food hygiene and Health and Safety Standards.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily operations of kitchen.
- Train staff.
- Ensure promptness, freshness, rotation, and quality of dishes.
- Costing, pricing, and sourcing menu items with Chef.
- Assist Executive Chef in creating new dishes and planning menus.
- Help oversee the work of the culinary team and conduct performance evaluations.
- Expedite orders to maintain a steady flow of dishes.
- Perform other responsibilities as required or directed.
Required Qualifications/Skills
- Maintain cordial and effective relationships with co-workers, vendors, and other business contacts.
- Knowledgeable of back of house operations.
- Ability to take initiative, strategize, and plan.
- Effectively interacts with others by utilizing excellent communication skills, cooperating purposefully, and providing information as needed, to achieve the business goals of the organization.
- Ability to build strong relationships/alliances with all team members.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Professional verbal and written skills.
- Current Driver License.
- Current ServSafe Certification.
Preferred Education and Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalency determined by management.
- At least three years of previous professional chef experience in fine dining.
- Culinary Arts Degree or Associate’s Degree preferred.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
- Position may involve occasional periods of lifting of up to 50 lbs.
- The employee is frequently required to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Position requires high mobility.