Executive Chef - Leoda's Kitchen & Pie Shop

Leoda's Kitchen and Pie Shop offers what we like to call glorified grandma food! Open 7 days a week and located in Olowalu, Maui, we take a unique approach to many classic or traditional favorites. We are seeking a highly motivated individuals to join our team! We offer a great working environment with excellent benefits to those who share our values, principles and the spirit of Aloha.

Our Performance Expectations are:

• The Executive Chef is responsible for the creative menu direction for their hui along with providing a story board with each special to assist in understanding our product
• Oversees and participates in the training and performance of the culinary team in terms of consistency, quality and technique
• Works with Food & Beverage Team to recognize menu editing opportunities based on sales and menu engineering
• Updates Food Track recipes as needed
• Attends and participates in pre-shifts regularly to educate FOH and BOH staff on menu and special items
• Provides leadership that inspires teamwork, generates energy, enthusiasm, and drives results
• Has a reputation for excellent relationships with customers, vendors, floor, kitchen staff and community
• Must design, implement, and to continuously improve the systems and procedures that lead to success
• Establishes and maintains good communication and a positive influence with Restaurant Managers, Front of House employees and Back of the House staff
• Maintains Health & Safety standards while training and working with teams
• Maintains and leads Dept of Health Sanitation practices
• Actively contributes to DOR boards, and promotes with staff
• Follows accounting department's expectations for timeliness and procedural accuracy
• Can complete assigned and self-assigned tasks within designated timeline
• Fosters a culture that relies on passports as training, and advancement tools.

The Success Patterns for this position are:

• Inspires enthusiasm!
• Creative
• Can engineer menu based on hui brand, sales potential, cost, and presentation
• Culinary experience in a management role required with a minimum of 3 years
• Has an appreciation for and working knowledge of tasty food
• Has experience in the training and development of staff members
• Is self-directed and able to work independently, as well as be an integral member of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Required to work holidays, weekends, events, and other peak periods of the restaurant business

Successful Candidates will have the following Personal Characteristics:

• Leadership style consistent with Hoaloha team management
• An outgoing personality who can create and build energy around them
• Passionate about great food and great service
• Excellent planning, organization, and coordination skills
• Comfortable making decisions and problem solving
• High level of interest in learning about food, people, and business
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills and can work easily with diverse people and groups

We offer an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, drug, 401(k) with up to 4% company match, PTO upon qualifying, flexible spending account, employee meals, discounts and much more!