Reef 76 | Kitchen Supervisor

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Port Everglades (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel is seeking a Kitchen Supervisor to lead the culinary team in a fast-paced outlet. You will supervise daily food preparation, train staff, and ensure adherence to safety, sanitation, and Omni standards.

The role requires at least 2 years of kitchen experience in a hotel or restaurant, with supervisory skills and a focus on quality, consistency, and teamwork. Flexible schedule including nights and weekends is required.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years culinary experience in hotel/restaurant kitchen.
• Experience supervising a kitchen team and developing staff.
• Ability to train staff and maintain Omni standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate culinary team operations.
• Train and develop kitchen staff hands-on.
• Ensure safety, sanitation, and health standards are consistently applied.
• Oversee food preparation, portion control, and presentation for outlets.
• Maintain high-quality products and adherence to recipes.
• Collaborate with wait staff to exceed guest expectations.

Skills

Culinary experience

Kitchen supervision

Staff development

Food safety

Batch cooking

High-volume kitchen

Communication skills

Creativity

Math skills

Training staff

Education

Culinary degree

Tools

Commercial kitchen equipment

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 overall operation of the culinary team within the outlet.

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.