Executive Chef

Description

Are you a natural born leader with a passion for hospitality? Do you appreciate craft, quality, and being a part of something bigger than yourself? Do you humbly and persistently follow the pursuit perfection?

As an Executive Chef for Journeyman Distillery, you will be called upon to execute at a high level on both our culinary services and in leading your team to ahieve personal and professional growth. You will be an effective, cross-functional communicator. You will take ownership of all aspects of team building, engagement, and training and development. You will implement and support systems for succes, never straying from the company's core values.

Basic Function:

The Executive Chef will oversee the daily operations of the Journeyman restaurant operations, and catering kitchen, including staff productivity and food production, menu development, inventory and ordering of supplies, and cost control. The Executive Chef shall exemplify the Culinary Team’s highest standards of quality, consistency and joyful service to the guests.

Principal Duties:

• Maintain responsibility for the hiring, training and proficiency of culinary (restaurant kitchen and catering) employees, including performance reviews in the restaurant kitchen and catering departments.
• Monitor and train the culinary staff, sanitation and safety, as well as related production activities to ensure all procedures are completed to the department standards; rectify deficiencies with respective personnel.
• Participate fully in food preparation to consistently produce food that is of high quality in taste and presentation within established guidelines; work on line during service and assist wherever needed.
• Ensure that all items needed for menu preparation are in stock.
• Maintain purchase order system, ordering and receiving programs to ensure proper quality and price on all purchases.
• Ensure adherence to recipes, correct food preparation methods, portion control, and presentation of menu items.
• Inspect the cleanliness/mise en place of all kitchen areas (floor, stations, coolers, store room, dish washing, etc.) and immediately direct respective culinary staff to correct any deficiencies; Ensure that quality and details are being maintained.
• Ensure that culinary staff maintain and strictly abide by state sanitation/health regulations and Journeyman requirements.
• Maintain proper storage procedures as specified by Health Department and Journeyman requirements (wrap, label and date).
• Ensure that applicable kitchen equipment is in proper working order prior to shift; Communicate any maintenance, repair or upkeep issues to the General Manager and Facilities Maintenance Manager.
• Instruct culinary staff in the correct usage and care of all equipment in the kitchen operation, stressing safety.
• Minimize waste and maintain controls to attain forecasted food and labor costs.
• Ensure that excess items are utilized efficiently.
• Check and ensure that all closing duties are completed to standards.
• Foster and promote a cooperative working climate, maximizing productivity and employee morale.
• Evaluate all food products received to maintain quality specifications.
• Ensure that staff report to work as scheduled, document any late or absent culinary staff.
• Provide feedback to culinary staff on their performance; communicate with General Manager regarding disciplinary issues and assist with corrective action.
• Ensure culinary staff is adherent to Journeyman Distillery uniform code; rectify any deficiencies.
• Meet with General Manager to review schedules, assignments, anticipated business levels, changes, and other information pertinent to the job performance.
• Promote positive guest relations at all times.
• Conduct with monthly inventories, cost controls and requisitioning/ordering of supplies.
• Maintain effective and clear communication with General Manager, culinary staff and front-of-house staff.

Requirements

 Physical, Mental and Visual Skills:

• Culinary Degree preferred and/or a minimum of 2-3 years culinary supervisory position in a reputable restaurant
• Up-to-date ServSafe certification, with a clear understanding and commitment to impeccable sanitation practices
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of proper cooking techniques, ingredients and equipment; Ability to work all stations in kitchen
• Ability to maintain Journeyman Distillery standards, policies and procedures with all culinary staff
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations, including calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages, and recipe scaling
• Strong multi-tasking skills; Ability to prioritize, organize and