Executive Chef
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direction of the General Manager, the Executive Chef’s primary responsibility is to manage all aspects of the kitchen and culinary staff.
In addition, the Executive Chef will manage the kitchen food purchasing, specifications, labor and culinary operations to achieve the highest quality of cuisine and profitability while maintaining Air Culinaire Worldwide Standards.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Recruiting, interviews, hires and training of existing and new kitchen personnel.
- Develop and implement client facing menus, written menu proposals, regional menus. Recipes and promotional foods and tastings as required.
- Monitor and communicate Customer deviations and implement training for improvements and product changes as directed and needed.
- Becomes resident subject matter expert (SME) for all hot and cold culinary processes within kitchen.
- Designs, supervises, coordinates and participates in training, educational and demonstrational activities for cooks, prep, janitorial and other kitchen personnel.
- Maintains updated knowledge of current culinary and packaging and consumer dining trends
- Implements and trains Food Safety, oversees / purchases food, establishes production levels and inventory controls, manages / controls food cost issues and provides direction and executes solutions
- Responsible for ensuring timely food handling, storage, prep and production.
- Maintains & manages Air Culinaire Worldwide kitchen specifications and SOP’s as required.
- Participates in and implements Sales and Marketing programs as required from the culinary perspective.
We offer full benefits :
- Healthcare benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision. (Employee only, employee plus spouse or employee plus family)
- In addition, Basic Life Insurance, Short Term Disability Insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance are company paid benefits.
- We have a generous Vacation Program,
- 401K Retirement Plan for eligible employees, plan entry is the first day of the month following 30 days of employment (discretionary company match is 75% of the first 6% of participant contributions up to the contribution maximum for the 2022 Plan Year, must be 21 years of age to participate in this plan .
- There are other Supplemental Benefits. Air Culinaire Worldwide considers 30 worked hours a week a full-time employment status and all full-time employees qualify for benefits.
- See our benefits here : Benefits Guide 2023
- Be a part of a strong team environment
We are a promote-from-within company and top performers can achieve career goals quickly in this fast-paced growth organization!
See more about us here : Watch Me To Learn About How Exciting it is to Work for Air Culinaire Worldwide
REQUIREMENTS
Culinary degree or equivalent experience in a professional kitchen environment within catering or fine dining establishment required as well as a current Safe Food Handling Certificate.
Strong experience in food purchasing / ordering, inventory, setting up par levels, recipe selection, culinary preparation methods and knife skills are essential.
Other required experience includes food and equipment safety as well as strong knowledge of food production. Individual must possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, as well as be proficient in email, internet use, and basic office software programs.
Must have demonstrated ability to manage and maintain customer accounts, as well as attention to detail. Must be able to demonstrate strong Managerial skills, including team-building, hiring, skills training, disciplining, performance reviews, cross-training and employee development.
The Kitchen Manager / Executive Chef must have an excellent driving record and valid driver’s license, and be able to pass a FAA on-ramp security clearance and pre-employment and random drug and alcohol screenings.
Disclaimer :
This position description highlights a general description of duties and responsibilities. Employee(s) may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu of those described herein, and any duties are subject to change at any time, according to the needs of the location or Company.
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