Executive Chef

Not Your Average Joe's; Glen Mills (Delaware County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance benefits

Bonus opportunities

Paid Time Off

Meals every shift

Great work atmosphere

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Not Your Average Joe’s is seeking an Executive Chef to lead our kitchen operations with passion and precision. You’ll ensure smooth kitchen runs, staff the team effectively, train and coach personnel, and uphold a guest-focused environment.

The role demands extensive culinary knowledge, leadership, and a strong commitment to quality, safety, and throughput. Join a vibrant team offering a competitive package and a positive work culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive food knowledge and ability to recall ingredients/recipes.
• Great leadership skills required.
• Coordinate and train team members.
• Neat, clean and professional image at all times.
• Hospitable and polite to guests and team members.
• Sense of urgency and efficiency.
• Attention to detail and organized work style.
• Able to stand 10+ hours per shift.
• Dependable and trustworthy.
• Experience as Executive Chef, Sous Chef, or Kitchen Manager.

Responsibilities

• Ensure kitchen staffing is adequate at all times.
• Trains, counsels, and coaches staff.
• Ensure training materials, development and schedules are followed.
• Communicate clearly with all team members.
• Maintain harassment-free environment for all staff.
• Manage labor with shift-to-shift adjustments without hurting guest experience.
• Achieve budgeted sales and profits.
• Maintain operational excellence for efficient kitchen operations.
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and guidelines.
• Create a restaurant atmosphere patrons and employees enjoy.
• Perform other tasks as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Team training

Hospitality

Attention to detail

Stamina

Kitchen versatility

Teamwork

Executive chef experience

Availability

Professional image

Job description

Not Your Average Joe's is hiring an Executive Chef!

As our Executive Chef, you’ll never be bored. You’ll be responsible for making sure our kitchen runs smoothly.

We Offer

• Competitive compensation - [annual salary and bonus etc]
• Insurance benefits
• Bonus opportunities
• A great work atmosphere
• Paid Time Off
• Meals every shift

Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensuring that our kitchen is fully and appropriately staffed at all times
• Trains, councels, and coaches staff
• Ensures all training materials, development and schedules are being followed
• Clearly communicating with all Team Members
• Ensures a harassment-free environment for all Team Members
• Manages and makes adjusments to labor on a shift-to-shift basis while ensuring we don't harm the Guest experience
• Achieves budgeted sales and profit goasl
• Maintaining operational excellence so our kitchen is running efficiently and effectively
• Ensuring that all laws, regulations, and guidelines are being followed
• Creating a restaurant atmosphere that both patrons and employees enjoy
• Various other tasks as needed

Requirements

• Extensive food knowledge and the ability to remember and recall ingredients and recipes
• Great leadership skills
• Ability to coordinate and train team members
• Exhibits a neat, clean and professional image at all times
• Genuinely hospitable and polite to our guests and team members
• Sense of urgency
• Attention to detail/organized
• Able to work while standing for 10+ hours a day
• Dependable, trustworthy
• Ability to work all stations in the kitchen, (grill saute, pantry, pizza, fry and expo)
• Team Player
• Previous Experience as an Executive Chef, Sous Chef, or Kitchen Manager
• Full availability

Who We Are

As you may know, Not Your Average Joe’s is a neighborhood scratch kitchen that’s been in business for almost 30 years, and serves our communities, family and friends.

Everything we do is done with love, passion, and pride, with the simple goal of creating memorable dining experiences.

But it’s not just about what we do, but more so who we are.

Our core values of being guest obsessed and serving great food influence not just how we do business but are the cornerstone of the fun and welcoming environment we create here at Not Your Average Joe’s.

Our focus in all our hires is not just to ensure you’re the best fit for us,

But that we’re the best fit for you as well.