Chef de Cuisine

JOB SUMMARY

Accountable for the quality, consistency and production of the restaurant kitchen.  Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions.  Coordinates menus, purchasing, staffing and food preparation for the hotel's specialty restaurant.  Works with team to improve guest and employee’s satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.  Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved.  Develops and trains team to improve results.

JOB FAMILY CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

• Demonstrating Leadership - Utilizing interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Exceeding Customer Expectations - Providing services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Supervising Employees - Supervising and managing employees. Managing all day-to-day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
• Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Managing Daily Operations of the Area or Department - Managing day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
• Achieving/Exceeding Goals - Achieving and exceeding goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Modeling Appropriate Behaviors - Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Improving Service - Improving service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance,  feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
• Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Maintaining Productivity Levels - Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.

JOB SPECIFIC TASKS

• Supervises specialty restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
• Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the specialty restaurant.
• Sets a positive example for guest relations.
• Communications production needs to key personnel.
• Participates in training specialty restaurant staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the specialty restaurant.
• Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal (e.g., OSHA, ASI and Health Department) regulations.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Participates in employee progress discipline procedures.
• Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
• Handles guest problems and complaints.
• Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
• Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
• Understands the impact of departments operation on the overall hotel financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
• Uses all available on the job training tools for employees.
• Effectively investigates, reports and follows-up on employee accidents.
• Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
• Knows and implements Hotel's 39 Safety Standards.
• Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
• Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
• Estimates daily specialty restaurant production needs.
• Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings (e.g., Daily Stand Up, BEO, Pre-Cons, Staff, Forecast, Department and Intradepartment).
• Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.

CANDIDATE PROFILE  

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

Skills and Knowledge

• Cooking - Ability to prepare and present meals utilizing culinary principles, standards, techniques and equipment (e.g., grilling, sautéing, broiling, baking, using decorative food displays, following recipes).
• Food Production and Presentation - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for preparing and presenting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques and sanitation standards.
• Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about products, services or situations, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Management Competencies

• Adaptability - Ability to effectively adjust to major changes in work tasks or the work environment.
• Aligning Performance for Success - Skilled at focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives.
• Building a Successful Team - Skilled at building a cohesive team and facilitating goal accomplishment.
• Building Trust - Ability to interact with others in an honest, fair and respectful way; giving others confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization.
• Communication - Skilled at clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media; engaging the audience and helping them understand and retain the message. 
• Customer Focus - Ability to develop and sustain productive customer relationships; actively seeking information to understand and address customers' needs. 
• High Work Standards - Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks.
• Planning and Organizing - Skilled at establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure work is completed efficiently.
• Problem Solving/Decision Making - Ability to identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing solutions.

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