Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute and oversee the production of all menu items.
• Complete understanding of work safety and emergency procedures.
• Expedite orders correctly and efficiently to ensure smooth kitchen flow.
• Fully understand the importance of and have the ability to utilize standard recipe cards and plating guides.
• Assisting with creation and execution of daily specials.
• Ensure all foods are up to our quality and standards, all specials are current with the seasons and trends.
• Ensure A standards for kitchen cleanliness and follow all Health Department Guidelines to ensure proper food handling from the beginning to the end when the food is leaving the kitchen.
• Attend all weekly management meetings and corporate meetings that are scheduled. Hold monthly mandatory kitchen meetings and address all issues that arise.
• Assisting the chefs and coordinating with the purchaser with ordering on a daily basis.
• Assisting the chefs with the scheduling on a weekly basis.

Fiscal Responsibility

• Assisting and monitoring daily labor and food cost reporting sheets to ensure costs are trending within budgeted parameters.
• Assisting reviewing monthly profit and loss statement and acts on all variances.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-4 years professional hospitality leadership experience in a similar environment
• Fully understand the purpose of and have the ability to produce all Mother Sauces, all stocks and have the ability to utilize them to make any other needed sauce.
• Competent in fabricating all meat, fish and poultry.
• Understand the differences and uses of all herbs and types of seasonings.
• Excellent product identification knowledge in produce, meats, fish, herbs, grains and equipment.
• Understand, and have the ability to train, on all basic cooking methods: braising, poaching, roasting, steaming, sauté, grilling, blanching.
• Excellent knife skills, ability to cut all vegetables and fruits in all utilized cuts and have the ability to train and monitor others..
• Management certified according to state health department criteria procedures.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance