Chef de Cuisine: Lead a High-Volume Hawaii Kitchen

Staffing Solutions of Hawaii; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Solutions of Hawaii in Honolulu area seeks a Chef de Cuisine to lead a busy kitchen in Kaimuki, HI. This full-time, temp-to-hire role demands on-site presence and proven senior kitchen leadership.

You'll oversee high-volume production, develop menus, manage food costing, labor budgets and inventory, while ensuring safety and sanitation. Flexible scheduling includes weekends and holidays to align with business levels.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food service sanitation and safe food handling practices.
• Experience hiring, training, coaching, counseling, and conducting performance evaluations for kitchen staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, databases, and general office equipment.
• Strong knowledge of food costing, menu mix, menu engineering, labor budgeting, and inventory control.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repeatedly.
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and extended hours as business needs require.
• Reliable, regular, and predictable attendance required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee high-volume food production, ensuring quality, consistency, efficiency, and professionalism.
• Develop, edit, and implement menus, recipes, and new food service programs.
• Manage food costing, menu mix, labor budgets, inventory, and overall kitchen expenses.
• Maintain kitchen sanitation standards and ensure compliance with safe food handling practices.
• Manage order guides, master prep lists, shrink logs, and other kitchen control systems.
• Hire, train, coach, counsel, and evaluate cooks, kitchen helpers, and department staff.
• Create and manage kitchen staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage and efficient labor utilization.
• Monitor food quality, production standards, portion control, and waste reduction.
• Maintain accurate kitchen records and utilize spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing programs for administrative tasks.
• Maintain regular, predictable attendance and demonstrate flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and extended hours as needed.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Menu development

Food costing

Sanitation knowledge

Staff training

Education

AOS Culinary Arts degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This is not a remote role. Applicants must be able to report to work on time as scheduled.

Position: Chef de Cuisine

Location: Kaimuki, HI

Pay: $38.46 to $40.87/hour

Experience: Proven experience as a Chef de Cuisine or in a comparable senior kitchen leadership role.

Education: AOS Culinary Arts degree or equivalent culinary training required.

Type: Full-time; Temp-to-hire

Schedule: Flexible scheduling required, including weekends and holidays to accommodate business levels.

Staffing Solutions of Hawaii is seeking a Chef de Cuisine to join a growing and dynamic team!

Job Description

• Oversee high-volume food production, ensuring quality, consistency, efficiency, and professionalism.
• Develop, edit, and implement menus, recipes, and new food service programs.
• Manage food costing, menu mix, labor budgets, inventory, and overall kitchen expenses.
• Maintain kitchen sanitation standards and ensure compliance with safe food handling practices.
• Manage order guides, master prep lists, shrink logs, and other kitchen control systems.
• Hire, train, coach, counsel, and evaluate cooks, kitchen helpers, and department staff.
• Create and manage kitchen staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage and efficient labor utilization.
• Monitor food quality, production standards, portion control, and waste reduction.
• Maintain accurate kitchen records and utilize spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing programs for administrative tasks.
• Maintain regular, predictable attendance and demonstrate flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and extended hours as needed.
  
  

Position Requirements

• Knowledge of food service sanitation and safe food handling practices.
• Experience hiring, training, coaching, counseling, and conducting performance evaluations for kitchen staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, databases, and general office equipment.
• Strong knowledge of food costing, menu mix, menu engineering, labor budgeting, and inventory control.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repeatedly.
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and extended hours as business needs require.
• Reliable, regular, and predictable attendance required.
  
  

Staffing Solutions of Hawaii is part of Array Corporation, the leading technology-enabled workforce solutions company whose mission is to fix how work is bought, sold and delivered to enable access to the American Dream.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.