Executive Chef Established Restaurant

Executive Chef Established Restaurant

22 Oct 2024
Idaho, Boise, 83701 Boise USA

Executive Chef Established Restaurant

Job type

Full-time

Role Description

Executive Chef oversees all kitchen operations and manages all kitchen staff from set up, food preparation, ordering, nightly specials creation, cleaning, and daily organization. This person upholds state sanitization standards, is organized and timely, and comes with prior experience in managing and successfully running a profitable restaurant(s) kitchen. Will manage inventory levels based on changing seasons and show strength in minimizing food waste. This person is willing to learn and implement original recipes and dishes from standard menu while also creating enticing dishes for nightly specials to engage community of regulars and tourists alike. Assists and directs daily prep work and core menu items as well as creating specialty dishes. Focused on utilizing seasonal and local food and produce within budget. Needs to live or have housing locally or be willing to commute. Serious inquiries only, reply with resume and professional references.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Manages restaurant processes from start to finish

Maintains core menu items and learns and implements original recipes to customers and owners expectations

Employs state of food safety standards best practices and ensures all kitchen staff members do the same

Is currently holding or can pass a food manager certification for Idaho State Food Safety (will be paid for by restaurant if not currently holding)

Acts with appropriate caution in a dangerous environment where there are knives and elevated temperature surfaces

Creates dishes that are exciting and harmonious within the vision and goals of the restaurant

Partners with ownership to understand food waste, food cost, inventory management, staff and labor management

Participates in growing the business by creating exciting dishes that bring diners back and drive traffic

Keeps up with current culinary trends and demands to keep the specials exciting for guests

Coaches sous chef and other kitchen staff to perform uniformly and at their best

Determines and manages food ordering within demands and traffic needs

Puts away orders on days scheduled

Organize Walk-in/and other Food storage areas

Rotate for optimal freshness ensuring food waste is managed

Weekends and Nights required

Occasionally takes on extra duties, such as cleaning, when the kitchen is short-staffed or during busy season

Training in Culinary Arts

Prior Kitchen Management Experience

Prior Lead Chef Experience

Flexible

Strong Communication

Bi-lingual is desired (spanish and english)

Organizational Skills

Leadership Skills

Encourages Team Attitude

Able to delegate and manage staff

Able to help or manage staff scheduling and hiring

Confident training new staff and implementing effiecient processes

Be able to stand for prolonged periods

Safely move heavy items of 50+ pounds

Job Details

Jocancy Online Job Portal by jobSearchi.