What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Kitchen Manager position at Oasis Experiences?
Description
The Sous Chef will lead a group of Culinary Leads, Cook 1 Specialist and Cook 2 Specialist in support of food preparation, food service execution and maintaining a healthy and safe kitchen environment. The perfect Sous Chef is extraordinary passionate about high end food services luxury services
At Oasis Experiences, we're not just managing properties—we're creating unforgettable experiences. Over the past decade, we've built a diverse portfolio of over 50 properties, including marinas, campgrounds, RV parks, event venues, restaurants, and more. Operating across 15 states and serving over 13,000 guests annually, we’ve earned recognition as a Great Place to Work in both 2023 and 2024.
Our team of over 700 in-season members comes from a variety of backgrounds, united by a passion for hospitality and a dedication to making every guest's stay remarkable. If you're looking to be part of a dynamic team that values creativity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, Oasis Experiences is the place for you.
Join us and help create experiences that guests will remember forever. Discover more at oasisexperiences.com and follow our journey on social @OasisExperiences.
The Sous Chef will lead a group of Culinary Leads, Cook 1 Specialist and Cook 2 Specialist in support of food preparation, food service execution and maintaining a healthy and safe kitchen environment. The perfect Sous Chef is extraordinary passionate about high end food services luxury services
- Leading operation and teams to deliver exceptional high quality and modern Mediterranean food programs
- Leading culinary team up to 20 persons
- Scheduling of cooks, culinary leads and dishwashers
- Interview, hire, onboard and train cooks and culinary leads
- Develop, lead and maintain all incident prevention, food safety and sanitation standards and programs
- Cover variety of kitchen stations during service – including expediting
- Ensure that a consistent first-class product of the highest quality is achieved and maintained in all culinary areas, whilst adhering to operational deadlines.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels - Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints
- To be aware of all financial budgets and goals.
- To ensure that guests are always receiving an exceptional dining experience as per restaurant standards and expectations
- Ensure that all recipes and product yields are accurately costed and reviewed regularly.
- Ensure that all food items are prepared as per standard recipe cards whilst maintaining portion control and minimizing waste.
- Ensure that food stock levels within the culinary department areas are of sufficient quantity and quality in relevance to expected guest volume and function forecasts.
- Create food production forecast
- Ensure that chefs are always in clean, tidy uniforms and are always presentable to be in guest view.
- Ensure that all food preparation equipment is being used safety and correctly and that it is cleaned and maintained.
- Ensure that all culinary operations manuals are prepared and updated.
- Creative planning and correct food preparation for each outlets
- To initiate relevant maintenance reports and work orders supported by the respective follow up of those items actioned.
- To manage associates fairly and take a personal interest in knowing all culinary associates
- 2 Years minimum experience in a similar position
- BA/BS Culinary arts degree or similar or additional experiences preferred
- ACF certified preferred: CSC or CCC or CEC
- Experience with a variety of elegant/high quality Mediterranean food, IE: Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco
- Experienced with leading teams in a fast phased, high volume and elegant a la carte operations
- Experience with menu development
- Ability to create and costing of recipes.
- Experience with ordering food and supplies
- Highly knowledgeable of food, labor and supplies cost management
- Bilingual; English and Spanish a plus
- Exhibits exceptional knowledge and application of various cooking techniques
- Leading teams and operations with top-of-the-class; incident prevention, food safety and sanitation programs
- Food handler ServeSafe certification
- Strong administration skills
- Extraordinary communicator, verbally and written
At Oasis Experiences, we're not just managing properties—we're creating unforgettable experiences. Over the past decade, we've built a diverse portfolio of over 50 properties, including marinas, campgrounds, RV parks, event venues, restaurants, and more. Operating across 15 states and serving over 13,000 guests annually, we’ve earned recognition as a Great Place to Work in both 2023 and 2024.
Our team of over 700 in-season members comes from a variety of backgrounds, united by a passion for hospitality and a dedication to making every guest's stay remarkable. If you're looking to be part of a dynamic team that values creativity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, Oasis Experiences is the place for you.
Join us and help create experiences that guests will remember forever. Discover more at oasisexperiences.com and follow our journey on social @OasisExperiences.
