Chef De Cuisine - Neighborhood Services

PERG online; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PERG online’s Neighborhood Services seeks a Chef De Cuisine to run the kitchen and food production outlets, ensuring high-quality output and efficient operations. You will lead staff, develop the menu, and manage sanitation, safety, and payroll concerns in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires proven culinary leadership, a focus on health standards, and a passion for food trends, with an emphasis on teamwork and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of culinary management in a high-volume, fine-dining operation.
• Proven culinary skills with ability to lead, develop and motivate staff.
• Teach staff to greet guests and courteously handle requests.
• Maintain health standards consistently.
• Follow safety and security policies and procedures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiar with batch and quantity cooking.
• Multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Produce high volumes while maintaining Omni standards.
• Creative and knowledgeable about food trends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consistent high-quality products to patrons.
• Schedule staff according to budget and forecast.
• Develop additions to the menu.
• Recruit, onboard and train culinary associates.
• Ensure product availability for restaurant.
• Direct sanitation of kitchen facilities and equipment.
• Maintain walk-in coolers and rotate food items.
• Monitor daily food production and safety.
• Coordinate with Front of the House manager.
• Lead daily kitchen staff meetings to address ops concerns.

Skills

Culinary management

Staff leadership

High-volume cooking

Food safety

Communication

Batch cooking

Multitasking

Culinary tools

Creativity

Serv Safe

Education

Culinary degree preferred

Tools

Culinary tools

Job description

Chef De Cuisine| Neighborhood Services

Overview:

The Neighborhood Services Chef De Cuisine is responsible for the efficient and effective running of the kitchen and food production outlets.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver consistent high-quality products to patrons of Neighborhood Services.
• Scheduling of staff according to budget and business forecast.
• Develop additions to the menu.
• Recruitment, on-boarding and continuous training of culinary associates.
• Responsible for product availability for restaurant.
• Directs proper sanitation of all kitchen facilities and equipment.
• Ensure that all kitchen equipment is in good working order.
• Directs proper maintenance of all walk-in coolers (rotation of food products and cleanliness).
• Monitors and has hands on control over daily food production.
• Monitors for safety of staff.
• Maintains a good working relationship with Front of the House Manager.
• Conducts daily meetings with servers and kitchen staff to discuss additions to the menu and to resolve any operational concerns.
• Knows expectations, ensures that staff understands them, and that they execute said expectations within the proper guidelines.
• Checks and controls sign-in and sign-out procedures for kitchen staff.
• Conducts kitchen department meeting.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate payroll records for culinary staff.
• Other duties assigned by leadership.

Qualifications:

• Ideal candidate has at least 2 years previous culinary management experience in a high volume, fine dining restaurant operation. Other experiences such as supervisor or lead will also be considered.
• Must have proven culinary skills and must be able to lead, develop, and motivate staff.
• Ability to teach employees the importance of, and how to greet guests and courteously solve requests.
• Ensure that all health standards are consistently maintained.
• Ensure all safety and security policies and procedures are followed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking.
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment.
• Ability to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
• Highly motivated self-starter focused on quality, organization, cleanliness, and teamwork.
• Must be able to utilize culinary tools
• Must be creative and knowledgeable of food trends and new concepts.
• College education and/or culinary degree preferred
• Serve Safe certified food manager.