Executive Sous Chef

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team at a luxury hotel in Boston, where creativity and excellence come together. As the Executive Sous Chef, you will play a crucial role in overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring high standards of food quality, and leading a talented culinary team. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the dining experience in a prestigious environment, known for its exceptional service and innovative culinary offerings. If you are passionate about food, leadership, and delivering memorable guest experiences, this role is perfect for you. Be part of a team that values creativity and strives for excellence in every dish.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of culinary management experience in high-volume settings.
• Ability to lead, develop, and motivate culinary staff effectively.
• Serve Safe certified food manager with strong health standards knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with hotel policies and maintain service standards.
• Assist in budgeting and control food costs effectively.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Culinary Management

Team Leadership

Creativity

Communication Skills

Mathematical Skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Culinary Degree

College Education

Tools

Culinary Tools

Computer Proficiency

Job description

Overview

The 1,054-room Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is the newest luxury hotel in the City of Boston, and the most significant hotel project in the city for the last forty years. The property features seven outlets for drinking and dining, a signature spa, fitness center, and rooftop pool. It boasts more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and caters to the most discerning clientele.

Job Description

The Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is located in the center of the bustling Seaport District. The AAA Four Diamond rated hotel boasts 1,054 finely appointed guestrooms with 52 suites, seven delectablediningexperiences, a scenicrooftop pool, a luxuryBreve Spa, and more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space allowing to provide each guest a unique and memorable experience. Come join the team that was voted “2023 Best Places to Work” by the Boston Business Journal!

Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity. We believe there is always a way to make it work. If we don't have the solution, we dig deeper creatively to find one. Grab the reigns and help shape the future of the Seaport’s best kept secret! Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the Hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity.

The Executive Sous Chef has an overall responsibility for the efficient and effective running of the kitchen and food production outlets, ensuring operating costs are minimized.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution of all Omni Hotel and company policies/procedures, ensuring that all services provided achieve the established standards within the agreed budgetary controls.
• To assist the Executive Chef in budgeting i.e. food cost/payroll/etc. When agreed, control all overheads/achieve food cost budget throughout the oncoming year/report all variances from actual budget with the reasons and recommendations for remedial action.
• Advise theExecutive Chef on all matters relating to the kitchen area and ensure ahigh standard of cleanliness and hygienic practice throughout the kitchen.
• Ensure guestsatisfaction with the smooth and effective running of the day-to-day operation.
• To maintaincontrol of the standards for purchasing and receiving items.
• Work closelywith the storeroom manager and food and beverage controller to establish and maintain control of the standards for purchasing and receiving items.
• To test andevaluate products for quality, paying particular attention toyield/holding qualities/market price/wastage usage of leftovers.
• Constantly inspect all food service sections during service time to ensure that the correct standards are maintained.
• Responsible forcontrol of equipment and scheduling maintenance.

Qualifications

• Candidate is required to have at least 4 years previous culinary management experience in a high volume, full service Hotel Restaurant and Banquet Kitchen. Experience must include supervision of other culinary management.
• Candidate must have proven culinary skills and must be able to lead, develop, and motivate staff.
• Union experience preferred.
• Ability to teach employees importance of, and how to interact with internal/external guests and courteously solve internal requests
• Candidate must be creative and up to speed on new concepts and food trends.
• Must have basic mathematical skills and be able to create and understand financial reports.
• Ensure that all health standards are consistently maintained
• Ensure all safety and security policies and procedures are followed
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment
• Ability to train a staff to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards
• Must be proficient with computers.
• Experience managing payroll and schedules required.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule to include weekends and holidays.
• College education and/or culinary degree preferred.
• Serve Safe certified food manager.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 40 lbs. Must be able to push and pull carts and items weighing up to 75 lbs. Must be able to walk/stand for extended periods of time, with frequent bending and twisting. Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc) and taste/smell.

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer - vets/disability. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement are available using the following links:EEOC is the Law Posterand the following link is theOFCCP's Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination policy statement

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