Kitchen Supervisor

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel is seeking a Kitchen Supervisor for Barchetta, a coastal Italian chophouse overlooking Fort Lauderdale's Intracoastal Waterway. You will oversee culinary operations, train staff, and uphold Omni standards for quality and safety.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage high-volume food preparation while maintaining exceptional guest experience.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of culinary experience in a hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• Previous kitchen supervisory experience preferred.
• Proven culinary skills and ability to lead, develop, and motivate staff.
• Ability to train staff to produce high volumes while maintaining Omni standards.
• Flexible schedule including nights, weekends, holidays.

Responsibilities

• Train and develop kitchen staff; enforce safety and sanitation.
• Maintain consistency in food preparation and presentation.
• Oversee daily food prep and station stock/rotation.
• Work with wait staff to exceed guest expectations.
• Ensure quality, portion control, and proper plate presentation.
• Maintain cleanliness and health standard compliance.

Skills

Culinary skills

Kitchen supervision

Staff development

Training staff

Batch cooking

Communication

Mathematical skills

Creativity

Sanitation knowledge

Flexible schedule

Education

Culinary degree preferred

Job description

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel

The Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel has over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.

JOB PURPOSE: The Kitchen Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating the daily operations of the culinary team at Barchetta, a new coastal Italian chophouse overlooking Fort Lauderdale's Intracoastal Waterway. This role ensures efficient kitchen operations while maintaining high standards of food quality, presentation, cleanliness, and service.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Utilize a hands-on approach to training and developing kitchen staff. Ability to instill safety and sanitation habits in all employees.
• Teach employees the importance of consistency in preparation and presentation.
• Thorough knowledge of food handling and preparation techniques.
• Ensure the level of quality, portion control, and plate presentation is adhered to consistently.
• Supervise daily food preparation for assigned areas.
• Prep, stock, and rotate line to ensure ample supply of products is maintained.
• Work closely with wait staff to exceed guest expectations.
• Supervise the preparation of all items on prep list following standard procedures
• Always maintain high quality, inspect all food products for quality when working on prep list and service line.
• Check portion control, weights and counts prior to function.
• Fire all food for service and to serve online.
• Maintain/check cooking times and temperatures.
• Follow all storage procedures when taking food out of walk-in and when returning food to walkin.
• Always maintain cleanliness of work area.
• Keep walk-in, prep area and equipment up to Health Department and EcoSure standards at all time.
• Prepares all food items according to standard recipes and as specified on guest check, to ensure consistency of product.
• Visually inspects, selects, and uses only food items of the highest standard in the preparation of all menu items.
• Checks and controls the proper storage of product, checking on portion control, especially in specific cuts of meat, to maintain quality product.
• Keeps all refrigeration, equipment, and storage and working areas in clean, working condition to comply with health department regulation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidate is required to have at least 2 years culinary experience in a hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• Previous kitchen supervisory experience, preferred.
• Candidate must have proven culinary skills and must be able to lead, develop, and motivate staff.
• Ability to teach employees importance of, and how to interact with internal/external guests and courteously solve internal requests.
• Ensure that all health standards are consistently maintained.
• Ensure all safety and security policies and procedures are followed.
• Ability to train a staff to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
• Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking in a high-volume restaurant.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as organizational skills.
• Candidate must be creative and up to speed on new concepts and food trends.
• Must have basic mathematical skills and be able to adhere to recipes.
• Must work well with others and be able to effectively train culinary staff.
• Self-motivated, and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Ability to write and perform daily prep list and par sheets.
• Requires a working knowledge of sanitation standards.
• Eye/hand coordination needed to use all kitchen equipment.
• Highly motivated self-starter focused on quality, organization, cleanliness, and teamwork.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced high-pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks and assignments.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and follow up.
• Ability to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
• Culinary degree and/or formal training preferred.
• Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc.) and taste/smell.
• Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance.
• Flexible schedule to include nights, weekends, and holidays

ENVIRONMENT & POSITION ANALYSIS:

• The ability to lift up to 40 lbs., push/pull up to 50 lbs., and stand for long periods of time.
• Stand or walk for an extended period or for an entire work shift.
• Requires repetitive motion with both hands and occasional bending/stooping/kneeling. .

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT:

• Cooking utensils and equipment, pots, pans, slicer, knives, VCM, robot coups, blenders, burr mixers, ovens, grills, stoves, flat tops, salamanders

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster is available using the following link: EEOC is the Law Poster.

Omni Hotels & Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of any protected category with respect to the payment of wages.