The primary role of the Chef de Cuisine will be to train and manage the kitchen personnel and supervise and coordinate all related culinary activities.
JOB FOCUS:
Focus is on, but not limited to the following:
Has a passion for the craft and everything in the industry.
Must love and support their TEAM.
Must love and take care of guests.
Must say “yes” and “thank you” often.
Must be excited about change and an evolving environment.
Current with culinary concepts, practices, and procedures.
Ability to estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food.
Will select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality and establish presentation technique and quality standards.
Supervises and carries out the correct procedure of preparation, presentation, and portion control for all raw and cooked foods in accordance with the menu with adequate pars required for efficient service.
Supervises all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high quality product is produced- daily line checks and quality control.
Establishes result-oriented objectives for the kitchen as well as personal objectives in regard to professional development.
Ensures the profitability and successful operation of the kitchen.
Controls direct labor costs associated with the kitchen staff-creates weekly schedules, ensuring productivity levels are maximized through the effective utilization of all colleagues and providing hands-on support as required.
Plan and price menus.
Ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance.
Ensure proper safety and sanitation in kitchen.
Must be able to prepare selected items or for selected occasions.
Develop recipes and portion specifications in accordance with consumer tastes, nutritional needs, product specifications, ease of preparation and established procedures and budgetary constraints.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Has five (5) or more years of experience in a supervisory role in a restaurant kitchen; Executive Chef or Sous Chef preferred.
Must be at least 21 years of age or older.
Experience with Culinary Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements preferred.
Must be able to obtain all work cards.
Must have strong leadership skills and the ability to mentor and energize a diverse team of culinary professionals.
Must have excellent organizational skills, ability to function under time constraints, expedite and meet deadlines with attention to detail.
Must be able to work in a fast- paced, customer service driven environment.
Current experience in the hospitality industry in a kitchen.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada
Skills
Budgetingunmatched
Collective Bargainingunmatched
Cook Dishesunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
Food Preparationunmatched
Food Purchasingunmatched
Hospitality and Tourismunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Menu Managementunmatched
Nutritional Needsunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Portion Controlunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Procedure Developmentunmatched
Productivity Managementunmatched
Profit & Lossunmatched
Purchase Ordersunmatched
Quality Controlunmatched
Quality Metricsunmatched
Raw Foodunmatched
Recipe Developmentunmatched
Restaurantunmatched
Sanitationunmatched
Schedule Developmentunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Training/Teachingunmatched
Variable Costsunmatched
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