Head Cook

Falu House; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Falu House is seeking a Lead Cook to enhance our BOH team. The ideal candidate will bring kitchen experience and a culinary degree, with strong knife skills and kitchen safety knowledge. You'll manage operations and collaborate on menu development in a fun, daytime working environment, surrounded by an amazing team.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Employee meals and discounts

Sick time

Daytime hours

Co-working with a fun team

Discount at the design store

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchens or culinary school required.
• Personality traits: respectful, good communicator, reliable.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen operations and manage BOH team.
• Develop new menu items and maintain communication with the Owner.
• Manage inventory and costs to meet financial goals.

Skills

Knife skills

Kitchen safety skills

Ability to work with commercial kitchen tools

Education

Culinary degree

Job description

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Base pay range

$22.00/hr - $25.00/hr

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We’re Falu House Scandinavian Deli, a quick-service Scandinavian restaurant / café in Greenpoint, Brooklyn serving up pastries, breakfast, lunch and ready-to-eat items. We've had an amazing first year and we're looking to build upon our success with a lead role on our BOH team.

If you have experience in kitchens or culinary school and are looking to hone your skills with a new cuisine - this could be a great role for you!

Responsibilities as Lead Cook

Beyond standard health/safety, prep and line duties, your role will include:

• Development and collaboration on new menu items.
• Communication with Owner on success of BOH team, systems and inventory.
• Responsible for ensuring all systems are being utilized and done correctly.
• If there are better ways of doing things - let's implement it!
• Daily and weekly planning:
• Assigning team prep.
• Inventory / order management.
• Managing costs and order volume with an understanding of the businesses financial goals.
• Holding the standard:
• Responsible for holding quality and standard of kitchen output
• Providing necessary training on BOH systems, recipes, cooking techniques and any food safety gaps.

You will be the lead in the kitchen and of BOH team and have agency to make decisions for smoother and safer operations!

Who we're looking for

Professional kitchen experience and/or a culinary degree are a requirement - you need to know what you're doin' :D

Knife skills, food handlers, kitchen safety skills, and ability to work with commercial kitchen tools are also requirements.

We do not require any experience with Scandinavian cuisine - you'll learn that!

Pastry experience is a major plus, but also not necessary, we can teach you that.

Overall, your personality, reliability and ability to keep your cool are the most important to us. We are looking to build a team of people who are respectful , good communicators and reliable . We have an amazing team currently who love working together and will need to make sure you're also a personality and character fit with us as well.

• Competitive pay
• Co-working with a fun and awesome team!!
• Daytime hours (operating hours are 8 am - 5 pm)
• Sick time
• Employee meals and discounts
• Located in a beautiful Scandinavian design store + discount at the store!

If this sounds like you and you're interested in working at Falu House Scandinavian Deli, send us an email ([e-mail]) - a few sentences is fine - and share your enthusiasm with us! Ultimately, we want to work with people who want to work with us, so if you do, an email will definitely help you stand out.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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