Creative Gourmet Chef & Catering Lead

Bashas; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation, paid weekly

Retirement Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition Reimbursement for qualified课程

Scholarship opportunities for ongoing/

Job summary

Bashas seeks a Gourmet Chef to assist in preparing, displaying and merchandising bistro foods for sale, including fresh and packaged items. The chef’s creativity and passion for cooking will contribute to breakfast, lunch, dinner and catered events.

Responsibilities include working with the team lead and executive chef to meet sales, quality and presentation goals, planning and presenting menus, handling special orders, and ensuring excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

• Working with the deli/bistro team lead and/or executive chef to achieve the sales, product quality and presentation and customer service goals established for the department.
• Planning, developing and presenting various menus, using a great deal of expertise and creativity.
• Answering phones and taking special orders.
• Maintaining a positive and friendly attitude towards customers and fellow team members.
• Engaging with customers through smiles and greetings, offering product information, providing selling suggestions and active sampling and always giving a genuine thank you.
• Facilitating catered events from their beginning to a happy conclusion.
• Working with catering director and the executive chef on menu planning and facilitating the production of catering menus to ensure profitability and company standards.
• Demonstrating excellent communications and salesmanship skills with clients and vendors.
• Maintaining open communication with all members of the deli/bistro department, catering department, deli/bistro department manager, and executive chef.
• Ensuring compliance with all state, county and local health department and weights and measures policies, laws and requirements.
• Controlling food cost control shrink by monitoring production and implementing reworks.
• All other related duties as assigned

Job description

Bashas seeks a Gourmet Chef to assist in preparing, displaying and merchandising bistro foods for sale, including fresh and packaged items. The chef’s creativity and passion for cooking will contribute to breakfast, lunch, dinner and catered events.

Responsibilities include working with the team lead and executive chef to meet sales, quality and presentation goals, planning and presenting menus, handling special orders, and ensuring excellent customer service.