Description:
Cultivate your career with a Chef job at Highwater Management!
Highwater Management seeks a skilled Chef responsible for the overall food and kitchen (Back Of House) operation. Chefs support the General Manager by implementing business objectives through a robust sales-based focus and constant development of their team. Chef Managers help build the unit's business strategy, manage employee development, and otherwise assist the General Manager in meeting or exceeding business objectives for the team. Chef Managers are an exempt position generally working five days, 50 hours per week.
Essential Job Functions:
On a day-to-day basis, Chef Managers are responsible for assisting in the unit's strategic development in sales, costs, quality, people basics, and managing the restaurant's day-to-day operations.
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
โข Supervise the planning and price menu items, orders supplies, and keep records and accounts
โข Work closely with assigned corporate chef
โข Supervise all BOH employees
โข Write weekly schedules according to business and project goals for labor dollars
โข Use labor dollars and menu costing programs to price labor and food cost
โข Participate in checking of all purchased supplies for the entire restaurant
โข Expedite the pass through cook's window to maintain proper consistency in food quality and service
โข Conduct training for personnel
โข Supervise all kitchen employees
โข Monitor worker performance in all departments of kitchen
โข Investigate customer complaints
โข Maintain production and work records
โข Determine food costs
โข Modify work procedures or processes to meet deadlines
โข Inspect facilities or equipment for regulatory compliance
โข Oversee work progress to verify safety or conformance to standards
โข Update menu engineering
โข Update and cost out specials
โข Requisition stock, materials & supplies from Vendors as needed
โข Resolve or assist workers in resolving work problems
โข Determine production schedules and staff requirements to ensure timely
delivery of services
โข Recruit and hire staff, including cooks and other restaurant workers
โข Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation
โข Analyze recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labor, and overhead costs
โข Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers
โข Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure standards
โข Check the quantity and quality of received products
โข Supervise all schedules
โข Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients
โข Prepare and cook foods of all types, either regularly or for special guests or functions
โข Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation
โข Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations
โข Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food
โข Determine how to present food and create decorative food displays
โข Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards
โข Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff
โข Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
โข Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems
โข Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects
Requirements:
Please Note: Chef Managers will regularly stand, walk, talk, carry, bend, stoop, turn and lift more than fifty (50) pounds. Chef Managers will also drive, view a computer monitor, and type/write regularly-team lift required on anything over fifty (50) pounds and an awkward lift.