Executive Chef | Burdicks

Radisson Plaza Hotel; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Radisson Plaza Hotel is seeking a seasoned Chef to lead a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen. The role focuses on profitability, guest loyalty, and developing a world-class culinary team. You will drive menu development, establish standards, and collaborate with restaurant outlets under the Restaurant General Manager.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of Chef experience, an upbeat attitude, and a data-driven approach to decision making. Night, weekend, and holiday availability are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Chef experience in a high volume restaurant.
• Culinary degree preferred but not required.
• Drives to improve work and implement new ideas to improve goals.
• Sets direction and achieves goals.
• Upbeat attitude creates a contagious work environment.
• Good decision maker using measurements and data.

Responsibilities

• Lead talented people in a high volume restaurant to profitability and guest loyalty.
• Develop food menus, features and specials aligned with inventory and trends.
• Improve kitchen effectiveness through solid processes and systems.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration between restaurant outlets.
• Establish and sustain cross-functional, customer-focused processes.
• Ensure proper sanitation and safety standards.
• Oversee inventory and purchasing from approved vendors.
• Work with the General Manager to implement processes and standards.

Skills

Chef leadership

High volume kitchen

Food safety

Data-driven decisions

Team development

Decision making

Education

Culinary degree

Job description

Job Description WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• May include, but not limited to: Leading talented people in a high volume, fast paced, casual dining restaurant, to achieve profitable return to the owner, world class guest loyalty, high performance culture, and continuously improving talented organization.
• Food Menu, feature and special development that align with inventory and area trends.
• Increase Kitchen team's effectiveness through implementation of sound business practices processes and systems in high-volume arena.
• Develop cross functional collaboration between all restaurant outlets.
• Establishes & sustains key, cross functional, customer focused processes.
• Contributes to Radisson Hotel’s total effort, maintains professional and technical knowledge.
• Must be high energy.
• Must be driven by purpose, mission, values, and has a sense of urgency.
• Leading and supporting all facets of kitchen operations with an eye towards growth and success.
• Working with the Restaurant General Manager on implementing processes and standards through regular interaction with managers and staff.
• Ensure proper sanitation.
• Attention to detail and a team player.
• Monitoring inventory and purchasing supplies/food from approved vendors.

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS POSITION:

• 5+ years of Chef experience in a high volume restaurant
• A culinary degree preferred but not required
• Drives to improve work and implement new ideas to improve the goals of the business
• Sets direction, maintains it and achieves the agreed-upon goal.
• Has an upbeat attitude that creates a contagious work environment
• Good decision maker who understands the use of measurements and data in running a business
• Experience with developing processes and systems in a Kitchen environment
• Proven track record in Culinary field
• Strong people acumen to develop solid working with relationships both internally and with customers
• Decisiveness with "big picture" perspective
• Driven by purpose, mission, values, and has sense of urgency
• Night, weekend and holiday availability
• Able to work closely with staff through strong communication and verbal skills
• Able to stand for long periods of time, up to 10 hours or more
• Able to stoop and bend
• Able to lift up to 40 pounds from time to time
• Able to safely work with potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment
• Able to comply with safety and health code standards
• Able to handle responsibilities that require repetitive motion tasks