Kitchen Supervisor/Lead Cook

Concord Hospitality Brand; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

Life insurance

401K options

Tuition assistance

Discounted room rates

Training & development

Career advancement

Job summary

Concord Hospitality is hiring a Kitchen Supervisor/Lead Cook to train kitchen associates, maintain quality, and ensure smooth operations across outlets. The role emphasizes adherence to recipes, safety, and effective communication with management.

The position includes responsibilities for staffing, inventory, and maintaining documentation, with competitive wages and opportunities for training and advancement within Concord managed hotels.

Responsibilities

• Trains all associates in the kitchen how to perform their job duties to the best of their abilities, including proper seasoning, food production techniques, plate presentation, display work, cleaning and sanitation and all other areas that associates need to learn and grow in their position.
• Keeps open verbal and written communication between the management and associates.
• Participates in monthly department meetings, monthly kitchen inventory.
• Ensures all food served is of high quality, properly prepared according to recipe and is expedited to all outlets in a smooth and efficient manner.
• Assists in the establishment of goals, standards, and objectives, which will further the prestige and reputation of the organization as well as result in a more profitable operation.
• Knowledgeable and practices food and liquor federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Maintains all use records, daily position checklists, steak charts, roast meat charts, recipe cards, etc., at all times.
• Ensures proper staffing of entire kitchen for adequate coverage without man-hours being wasted.
• Physically tastes each prepared food item; soup, sauce, salad dressing, vegetables, etc., to assure maximum quality, consistency, and ensures proper seasoning. This must be done for all meal periods.
• Ensures that adequate preparation is done for all meal periods, avoiding waste through preparation.
• Ensures that approved recipes are followed at all times without deviation.
• Ensures that standards pertaining to storage, rotation, production, portions, quality and appearance are followed at all times.
• Communicates any problem areas with recommended alternatives to the Sous Chef, and Executive Chef / Food and Beverage Director for discussion and possible solution.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following brand recipe cards.
• Proper Documentation on all food containers with adherence to rotations per SOP.
• Practice safety standards at all times
• Report to work in full clean uniform on time and ready to serve.
• Cook orders with adherence to guest requests/special needs in a positive manner
• Be proactive with ordering and pars, food preparations and equipment upkeep to eliminate service obstacles.
• This does not include all job duties.

Job description

We are Hiring a Kitchen Supervisor/Lead Cook!

Responsibilities:

Trains all associates in the kitchen how to perform their job duties to the best of their abilities, including proper
seasoning, food production techniques, plate presentation, display work, cleaning and sanitation and all other areas
that associates need to learn and grow in their position.

Keeps open verbal and written communication between the management and associates.
Participates in monthly department meetings, monthly kitchen inventory.

Ensures all food served is of high quality, properly prepared according to recipe and is expedited to all outlets in a
smooth and efficient manner.

Assists in the establishment of goals, standards, and objectives, which will further the prestige and reputation of the
organization as well as result in a more profitable operation.

Knowledgeable and practices food and liquor federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Maintains all use records, daily position checklists, steak charts, roast meat charts, recipe cards, etc., at all times.

Ensures proper staffing of entire kitchen for adequate coverage without man-hours being wasted.

Physically tastes each prepared food item; soup, sauce, salad dressing, vegetables, etc., to assure maximum quality,
consistency, and ensures proper seasoning. This must be done for all meal periods.

Ensures that adequate preparation is done for all meal periods, avoiding waste through preparation.

Ensures that approved recipes are followed at all times without deviation.

Ensures that standards pertaining to storage, rotation, production, portions, quality and appearance are followed at
all times.
Communicates any problem areas with recommended alternatives to the Sous Chef, and Executive Chef / Food and
Beverage Director for discussion and possible solution.

Prepare food of consistent quality following brand recipe cards.

Proper Documentation on all food containers with adherence to rotations per SOP.

Practice safety standards at all times

Report to work in full clean uniform on time and ready to serve.

Cook orders with adherence to guest requests/special needs in a positive manner

Be proactive with ordering and pars, food preparations and equipment upkeep to eliminate service obstacles.

This does not include all job duties.

Benefits:

We offer competitive wages. Full-time associates are eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical/dental/vision plans, life insurance, ST/LT disability options, 401K options, tuition assistance, discounted room rates at Concord managed hotels, plus training & development and career advancement opportunities.

Why Concord?

Concord Hospitality invests in its associates by providing training and development at all levels, from interns to executive leaders. Our “Associate First” culture supports and inspires personal development both within the workplace and beyond. Our associates are what our company is built on, and we are proud to recognize them for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence. We value work life balance, diversity, and our commitment to provide the best customer service and quality accommodations in every market we exist. Concord is built on 5 cornerstones: Quality, Integrity, Community, Profitability and FUN! Our associates say it best with our national company cheer heard throughout North America.

“We Are Concord!” We support diversity and inclusion through our mission to be a “Great Place to Work for All.”

Wage: $22+ per hour