What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sous Chef - Mountain Dining - Full Time/Winter Seasonal - Breckenridge, CO position at vailresorts.valhalla.stage?
Experience of a Lifetime. More than just our mission, these words describe our unique and iconic resorts and the people who share a desire to achieve and experience excellence. One of our core values is providing an exceptional experience to our guests and to our employees. An opportunity to work at Vail Resorts is an opportunity to bring out your full passion for everything our company stands for, including our commitment to our product, the communities we live in, the environment and our shareholders. Our employees are good at what they do, and we welcome people who bring enthusiasm and pride to work.
Welcome to Breck Nation. Come be a part of one of the most unique communities anywhere. The character and personality of our resort is unique, fun, independent, laid-back, authentic and welcoming. Once you visit, you feel like a local, no matter where you are from, or what your background is. Once you leave, you take a piece of our character back with you and are changed forever. Breck is a worldwide community of people who share our passion and mentality; our spirit transcends borders and has created its own nation of followers who live the Breck lifestyle.
The Sous Chef will be responsible for the overall quallity of food at a sit down dining facility with express walk-up window, bar and apres ski and patio service and/or weddings and banquet service. This candidate will assist with management of kitchen envionment. The Sous Chef will ensure staff and food quality will provide guests with a pleasant dining experience on a daily basis. Job responsibilities include:
- Assist Chef with menu planning, production and daily operation of the restaurant
- Assists management team with strategic planning regarding financial planning, menu development, cost control and positioning of restaurant.
- Assist in oversight of commisary kitchen production of bulk sauces, soups, smoked items, etc for other on-mountain restaurants and bakery program to generate additional revenues.
- Assist Chef and receiving department with ordering/receiving, cost transfers, variance reports and invenotory control of all food, beverages, supplies, etc purchased for the entire building.
- Check and maintain food quality of all food served and produced
- In-depth knowledge of classical and contemporary culinary techniques
- Assist with all off premise catering, employee holiday meals, on mountain events, end of season BBQ, etc
- Proficiency with computer software for the following: ordering, inventory, scheduling, time and labor.
- Assist Chef with scheduling of staff and performance reviews of staff to budgeted labor.
- Resolving payroll exceptions, approvals, and labor distribution reports
- Assist Chef with payroll, inventory, worker's comp claims, etc
- Assist Chef with hiring, retaining and training all food service personel
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Sous Chef will monitor and supervise all station supervisors for the following:
- Product and production need list for next day business
- Equipment maintenance log
- Food quality and sanitation line checks for all stations.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Culinary degree - Preferred
- Serve Safe certification required (we will provide training upon hire if not certified)
- Able to communicate English - Required
- Ability to communicate in Spanish - Preferred
- 3 years high volume restaurant experience - Required
- 3 years supervisory experience - Preferred
- Able to lift at least 50 lbs.
- Able to stand for long periods of time
Compensation: DOE
Have Fun. Serve Others. Do Right. Drive Value. Do Good. Be Safe. These are the values Vail Resorts employees embrace daily. As the premier mountain resort company in the world and a leader in luxury, destination-based travel at iconic locations, we operate in three highly integrated and interdependent segments including mountain, lodging and real estate. Vail Resorts employees are good at what they do and we welcome people who bring enthusiasm, pride and commitment to creating an Experience of a Lifetime to our stakeholders.
Vail Resorts is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
