Executive Chef

Hotel Lucine; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hotel Lucine in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Executive Chef to oversee all kitchen operations, plan menus, train staff, and ensure consistent high-quality food for dining room, banquets, and in-room dining.

You will manage food costs, develop promotions, supervise inventories, ensure compliance with safety standards, and collaborate with Sales and Facilities to deliver outstanding guest experiences while achieving financial goals.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen operations and staff: planning, training, directing food preparation
• Develop menus, promotions and advertising to boost sales and guest visits
• Ensure recipe cards and SOPs are followed for consistency
• Maintain portion control and quality standards across all outlets
• Monitor inventories and coordinate with vendors to meet daily production plans
• Enforce food safety and department safety programs in compliance with regulations
• Coordinate with Sales for banquet contracts and events
• Train, supervise and develop kitchen staff and schedule rosters

Job description

• Oversee production and operations in the kitchen, including planning, training and directing of all food preparation
• Develop programs, menus, promotions and advertising to enhance sales, increase revenues, and drive guests to restaurant/outlets
• Communicate with Sales Dept. to facilitate effective and professional delivery of all meetings/banquet contracts
• Prepare work schedules in accordance with forecasts, staffing guidelines and labor productivity goals
• Follow and ensure accuracy of all recipe cards and standard operating procedures to provide consistency and uniformity
• Establish portion and quality control standards for all culinary outputs
• Prepare food as directed for banquet, dining room, and or in room dining, in accordance with established portion and quality control standards
• Know content in all training manuals and update when necessary
• Develop restaurant and banquet menus
• Create and monitor systems daily to meet the material consumption and order required food and equipment basis to satisfy the daily production plan and meet both the operational and financial goals for hotel
• Manage food and beverage cost utilization of vendor sourcing and analyzation, PMIX analysis and quality assurance
• Oversee the Food Department Safety program to ensure compliance with company, local, state, and federal regulations
• Execute and supervise food production and food safety
• Conduct, coordinate and supervise inventories on a monthly basis and as directed by General Manager and ensure adequate inventory is available at all times
• Design and execute an ordering system for all food, beverage and other non-Food Department supplies
• Limit access to kitchen by non-department employees
• Develop and maintain current checklist; supervise execution of daily and weekly cleaning duties
• Train, supervise and develop kitchen staff
• Coordinate with Facilities Manager on scheduling and bidding of 3rd party equipment repair and maintenance
• Ensure communication of service standards, hotel events or any other relative information through daily pre-meal meetings, daily standups, and monthly food & beverage department meeting for all associates 365 days a year, through Lead and Supervisors in your absence

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