What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Chef - High-End Restaurant Group position at Career Group?
Our client, an high-end restaurant group is seeking an Executive Chef to join their back-of-house team in Washington, DC! The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the kitchen, ensuring the preparation and presentation of high-quality food, and managing a team of chefs and kitchen staff. This role requires strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of culinary techniques and kitchen management.
Responsibilities :
- Maximizes profitability of culinary department by implementing effective food and labor cost controls, consistently monitoring budget to ensure efficient operations, reporting any discrepancies from budget
- Oversees purchasing program, including sourcing, establishing order guides with pars, establishing ordering and delivery schedule, ensuring proper product amounts are maintained to limit waste / spoilage
- Cultivates positive, professional relations with vendors including interactions on property with culinary staff
- Develops and implements operating standards for the culinary department
- Oversees menu and recipe creation, structure, offerings, tilting, pricing; Develops featured items for holidays, special events and promotions
- Promotes and practices safe work habits through trainings, education, and day-to-day management; Identifies and resolves potential safety hazards; Ensures accidents are documented following proper procedure, conducts initial investigation and determination of root cause of safety incidents in the interest of maintaining a safe work environment
- Hires, trains, supervises, manages, coaches, counsels, and evaluates all members of the culinary team
- Participates in training of Front of House (FOH) staff as it pertains to menu and food knowledge
- Oversees performance review process for all culinary employees; Delivers reviews to all Chefs
Qualifications :
If this sounds like a fit, please submit your resume for consideration!
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