Executive Chef - River's Edge Resort

Job Title: Executive Chef

Reports To: Director of Food & Beverage

Department: F&B, Kitchen

Supervises: Kitchen staff including cooks and dish machine operators

Position Duration: Seasonal, with an expected start date of Late April/Early May and running through the summer season.

Overview: This role demands a hands-on approach blended with a data-driven understanding of menu selection. You'll oversee a diverse range of dining concepts and a seasonal staff that includes J1 visa holders from around the globe.

Responsibilities

• Set and enforce nutrition, sanitation, and food preparation standards.
• Develop and maintain training programs with an emphasis on safety, product quality, food production, and cleanliness.
• Manage warehouse ordering, requisitions, stocking, and receiving.
• Handle reporting and inventory systems.
• Code and organize all food invoices for monthly tracking.
• Estimate food consumption, costs, and set relevant pricing.
• Create and analyze recipes for special dishes.
• Purchase or requisition food and kitchen supplies.
• Perform other duties as appropriate and as assigned.
• All associates must provide excellent customer service to our guests
• Associates must treat each other with courtesy and respect
• While working associates must follow all company policies and procedures
• Associates must obey all state and federal laws
• Behavior while on the job must be in accordance with the Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct for all associates
• It is imperative to be on time and ready for work at the start of the assigned shift

Duties

• Oversee and participate in the preparation of menu items for dining room service.
• Instruct Line Cooks and Prep Cooks in their duties.
• Develop daily specials
• Work to provide standardized presentations in an efficient and timely manner.
• Interface with service staff to provide excellent customer service.
• Insure and instruct in the proper use and handling of food and equipment.
• Act in the Chef's absence.
• Assist with training and education of service staff in menu content.
• Assist with presentation development, maintaining budgeted food, and labor costs.
• Oversee staff ensuring productivity and safety.
• Use and ensure the use of standard preparations and presentations as indicated
• Supervise menu and shift change over.
• Ensure proper use and handling of food and equipment.
• Coordinate with service staff through communications and expediting orders.
• Keep work areas clean and sanitized at all times.
• Conduct weekly inventory and order needed items.
• Meet with kitchen and service staff daily for "game plan" development.
• Discipline staff as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of Culinary School.
• Two years of kitchen operation and staff management experience.
• Self-motivated.
• Able to work without supervision.
• Ability to operate standard equipment safely.
• Requires lifting and bending
• Ability to lift 35 lbs with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to work as a team member with kitchen and service staff
• Work approximately 40 to 50 hours per week.

Uniform

• Jackets, pants, apron, and hat provided.
• Associate needs to provide comfortable black non-skid closed toe black shoes, black socks, and white undershirts
• Associate is responsible to wash and iron the uniform
• Associate must look sharp and be clean upon arrival to shift

NOTICE:

The hospitality business functions seven (7) days a week, twenty-four hours a day. In addition, this is a hospitality business, and a hospitable service atmosphere must be projected at all times.

Upon employment, all associates are required to fully comply with JL Hospitality Management rules and regulations for the safe and efficient operation of hotel facilities.

JL Hospitality Management, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. JL Hospitality Management, LLC does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, or unfavorable discharge from military service.