Chef de Cuisine — Ski Resort, High-Volume Kitchen

Alterra Mountain Company; Park City (UT); On-site; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ski perks

Friends and family ski discounts

Subsidized meals

Subsidized housing options

Discounts at restaurants, shops, and服务

Healthcare options

401k plan

Job summary

Deer Valley Resort, part of Alterra Mountain Company in Park City, Utah, seeks a Chef de Cuisine to lead Royal Street Café’s culinary operations. You’ll guide kitchen staff, innovate seasonal menus, and drive cost control while delivering premier guest experiences during peak periods.

The role requires extensive kitchen leadership, ServSafe certification, and a track record in high-volume operations. Compensation aligns with senior culinary leadership and includes staff perks and benefits.

Qualifications

• Ten years of kitchen experience in a high-quality, high-volume operation serving 500 guests or more.
• Five years of experience managing a kitchen operation of ten or more cooks.
• Solid understanding of kitchen accounting, cost tracking, labor control, ordering, scheduling, and menu engineering
• Must be able to analyze many variables and choose the most effective course of action for the kitchen at any given point in time
• Must be able to resolve problems, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure
• Must be fluent in English
• Certified through the Health Department in the ServSafe program
• Requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and stretching, and occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Stay knowledgeable of current food trends and develop new, creative menu items each season, considering demographics and international, domestic, and special-diet cuisine
• Operate the kitchen and direct kitchen personnel, including Sous Chefs, Cooks, and Stewards at Royal Street Café
• Maintain consistency of product with great attention to food quality, taste, and presentation
• Control food costs based on forecasting, efficient food production, planned requisitioning, and careful attention to established product specifications
• Control labor costs and carry out administrative functions pertaining to forecasting, payroll, scheduling, recruiting, training, supervising, and discipline
• Organize an efficient flow of production and maintain adequate staffing
• Set up a control system through recipes, assuring quality and portion consistency
• Direct proper purchasing procedures and specifications with storeroom management
• Maintain safe and sanitary working conditions in accordance with health codes, including nightly cleaning lists coordinated with stewarding and janitorial
• Ensure that a high standard of dress, personal hygiene, and safety is maintained by all employees
• Collaborate with the Silver Lake Executive Chef and Resort Executive Sous Chef to maintain a general quality and style consistency in food offerings between lodges
• Ensure proper maintenance and care is exhibited by all employees toward the operations, equipment, and facility
• Maintain a positive rapport with guests and associates, especially during busy, high-volume meal periods
• Other duties as assigned
• Flex Year Round - may include periods of layoff

Skills

Kitchen leadership

High-volume cooking

Cost control

English fluency

ServSafe certified

Job description

Deer Valley Resort, part of Alterra Mountain Company in Park City, Utah, seeks a Chef de Cuisine to lead Royal Street Café’s culinary operations. You’ll guide kitchen staff, innovate seasonal menus, and drive cost control while delivering premier guest experiences during peak periods.

The role requires extensive kitchen leadership, ServSafe certification, and a track record in high-volume operations. Compensation aligns with senior culinary leadership and includes staff perks and benefits.