This is about YOU. Your passion, purpose, and potential. When you join the JOEY team, you can expect a warm, inclusiveandcreativeenvironment. We are committed to training, educating, and empowering ourpeople, andwe live by our culture of People Development. JOEY Restaurants is all about opportunity and oursuccess is directly attributable to our exceptional, team-oriented, and performance-driven partners (employees).
As aHead Chef, you will directly contribute to the overall success of a multi-million-dollar restaurant and its people. In this role, youare responsible forleading your team’s deliverablesand providing our guests with memorable,consistent, andiconic culinary experiences. You will manage labor budgets,maintaina pristine restaurant environment, and ensure the highest quality products. As a coach and mentor, you will motivate and inspire those around you to directlyimpacttheir continuous learning, growth, and development.
Duties
- Support your team in the preparation of all ingredients and food products to fulfill prep lists, par levels, and recipe standards.
- Utilize various preparation and cooking methods to ensure the quick, precise creation of our menu itemsin accordance withJOEY recipes. Wash, chop, cut, grill, roast, sauté, fry, etc. Coordinate with other stations as needed.
- Maintainprep and cooking areas in aclean,sanitaryand safe manner.
- Ensureclean, organized, andmaintainedrefrigerators, cooler drawers, ovens, preparation, and dry storage areas, etc.
- Train partners on the instructions and guidelines for safe usage of kitchen equipment and cleaning compounds. Report on equipment problems and maintenance issuesimmediately.
- Fulfill recruitment needs,impactpositive candidate experiences, and select andretainyour team.
- Supportyour teamin training and development of technical knowledge andworld-classexecutionof JOEY tasks and standards.
- Communicate daily focus and feedback to partners.
- Manage in-store budgets, food costs, and labor.
- Impactthe delivery of Iconic Hospitality and coach the kitchen team as needed to fulfill experience standards for our guests.
- Follow all food service and handling safety precautions and procedures.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years culinary experience(If you have high potential but less experience, we still want to meet you!).
- Must have or be able to obtain valid local and/or state Food Handler permits.
- Possess a passion for hospitality and a proventrack recordof creating world-class hospitality experiences.
- Thrive in adynamic,fast-paced work environment.
- Be able to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; frequent bending, reaching, and stretching; repetitive manual tasks; and lift and carry up to 50lbs.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Successful employees at JOEY are genuine, warm, and caring.
- They value honesty and conduct themselves with integrity.
- They are comfortable providing and receiving feedback to achieve personal growth and performance excellence.
- They are natural problem solvers with an insatiable desire to positivelyimpactindividual and team execution.
- They are passionate about quality and professionalism.
- Theypossessexceptional relationship building and communication skills.
- They encourage healthy and supportive competition within their team.
- They exude confidence, humility, and respect.
- They take pride in presenting a professional appearance and demeanor.
Benefits
- Career development, education, and growth opportunities.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical reimbursement plan, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for benefit-eligible partners.
- Discounted employee shift meals.
- 10% discount for self and guests on all food and beverages when visiting any JOEY location.
- Discounted clothing retailer partnership.
- Referral bonus program.
- Sales competitions and rewards.
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
JOEY Restaurants is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
We are committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants.