Goodwin Recruiting
Executive Chef
New York, New York
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Hotel Executive Chef Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Interview, hire, train, and manage all culinary, stewarding and purchasing personnel.
- Review, evaluate, and coach all culinary, stewarding, and purchasing personnel.
- Direct and control the day to day operation of all kitchens, ensuring a high-quality product and minimal waste.
- Preparation, design and creation of all menus, including banquets and daily specials.
- Assist and plan the organization of food festivals and special culinary events.
- Proper preparation and presentation of all food items in all restaurants.
- Maintain the cleanliness and good working order of all kitchens, refrigerators and storage areas.
- Set-up of hot and cold buffets including decorations in the restaurants, banquet facilities, and outside catering.
- Maintain strict quality control on all food items.
- Keep an adequate food inventory in all kitchens to insure an efficient operation.
- Maintain the set standard at the employee cafeteria and ensure that healthy and attractive employee meals are prepared daily.
- Ensure high level of productivity and efficiency of the kitchen staff, schedule all kitchen employees according to business forecast and maintain a labor cost as set in the budget.
- Keep the food cost in line with the budget.
- Review and approve all daily store requisitions.
- Prepare the daily market list and work closely with the Purchasing Manager on all food orders.
- Guide the Sous Chefs in training the Line Cooks and to help out on the line as needed.
- Prepare, together with the Director of Food and Beverage, the yearly food revenue, food cost and labor cost budgets and submit these for approval.
- Propose food prices and new revenue ideas to the Director of Food and Beverage.
- Ensure that all kitchen/steward / purchasing personnel conform to the established safety and health standards and codes as required by law.
- Evaluate products to assure that quality, price and related goods are consistently met.
- Develop policies and procedures to enhance and measure quality; continually updates written policies and procedures to reflect state-of-the-art techniques, equipment and terminology.
- Establish and maintain a regular cleaning and maintenance schedule for all kitchen areas and equipment.
- Provide training and professional development opportunities for all kitchen staff.
- Ensures that representatives from the kitchen attend service lineups and meetings.
- Periodically visits the dining area when it is open to welcome members.
- Support safe work habits and a safe working environment at all times.
Education/Experience
- Must have obtained basic chef training known as “cook apprenticeship” in Europe, or a BA degree in culinary arts from a US College or equivalent
- Minimum ten years of on-the-job culinary experience, of which at least 5 years are in the capacity of Executive Chef
- Experience as Executive Chef in an international LUXURY hotel chain
Special Skills/Equipment
- Must be fluent in English
- Must be skilled in the use of kitchen equipment
- Ability to interact positively with supervisor, management, coworkers, members, and the public to promote a team effort and maintain a positive and professional approach.
- Have union experience
- Ability to produce a high volume of work in a timely manner, which is accurate, complete, and of high quality
- Working knowledge of various computer software programs.
Essential Physical Requirements
- Regularly required to talk and hear
- Able to stand and walk for up to 10 hours
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop kneel or crouch.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
At Goodwin Recruiting we are committed to our core values. We take our value, Dedicated to Diversity & Inclusion, very seriously and will never discriminate against a candidate or client based on any protected classes. Our clients seek qualified candidates, and that is what we deliver. A person’s age, gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or arrest or conviction record has no bearing on whether he, she, or they are able to do the job. We evaluate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that meet the requirements of the position and aim to open doors and change lives. We value all people, understanding that uniqueness and diversity foster a stronger team that is innovative and brings varying perspectives to the table. We put our money where our mouth is and are proud of our efforts to identify a broad slate of candidates, with many hiring success stories to share.
JOB ID: 115700
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Mitch Marron