Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EXECUTIVE CHEF
Responsibilities:
- Manage the kitchen staff and to resolve kitchen issues swiftly.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship with team members, optimizes staff productivity, and serves as a replacement in team members' absence.
- Train staff to use new recipes, cooking techniques and equipment, and oversee cooks performing food preparation.
- Oversee the delivery of food supplies, prepare special dishes, and supervise overall kitchen operations during dinner service.
- Ensure your team delivers high-quality, cost-effective dishes promptly.
- Ensuring promptness, freshness, and quality of dishes.
- Coordinating cooks' tasks.
- Implementing hygiene policies and examining equipment for cleanliness.
- Designing new recipes, planning menus, and selecting plate presentations.
- Reviewing staffing levels to meet service, operational, and financial objectives.
- Hiring and training kitchen staff, such as cooks, food preparation workers, and dishwashers.
- Performing administrative tasks, taking stock of food and equipment supplies, and doing purchase orders.
- Setting and monitoring performance standards for staff.
- Obtaining feedback on food and service quality, and handling customer problems and complaints.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of culinary education.
- 5+ years of experience in a similar position.
- Advanced knowledge of food professional principles and practices.
- Proficient knowledge of human resources management.
- Excellent knowledge of BOH systems, ordering and inventory.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Available to work on-call, shifts, after hours, over weekends, and on public holidays.