Chef de Cuisine

1 month ago

Queens, United States Private Listing Full time

We are looking for a creative, talented, passionate, punctual, and detail oriented and organized Chef de Cuisine to join our amazing culinary team.
We are an events company serving all of New York City and The Hamptons for over 15 years. Recognized for our warm hospitality and delicious food, We create remarkable weddings, social gatherings, and corporate events. What truly differentiates us, is our diverse team. We are committed to creating an awesome place to work while taking great care of each other, our partners and our guests.

As a Chef de Cuisine, you will need a variety of skills and experience such as leadership, production, purchasing, maintenance and research & development.

Job Purpose & Responsibilities 

  • Work alongside the Executive Chef .  Responsibilities would include but not be limited to:

Leadership  

  • Create a positive and inspiring environment for the commissary team. 
  •  Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen as per NYC Dept of Health guidelines.
  •  Lead kitchen when executive chef is absent with sous chef and Pastry chef
  •  Assist in hiring, training, scheduling and managing kitchen and event staff
  • Attend off premise full service events on an as needed basis
  • Delegate team on event production, commissary cleaning, and organizing. 
  • Alongside, the Executive Chef prepares event questions and changes for production meetings. 

Production/ Purchasing/ Maintenance 

  •  Collaborate with Executive Chef to develop daily prep lists and then execute food production in our kitchen, resulting in quality work and delicious food
  •  Oversee daily, weekly, and monthly inventory of food product and supplies
  •  Assist the Executive Chef in meeting financial goals for food and labor costs
  •  Responsible for overseeing the packing and expediting of outgoing events
  •  Communicate efficiently and effectively with kitchen team, operations department, event staff, sales team and vendors
  •  Execute Client tastings and lead at a high  performance level on an as needed basis
  •  Together with the Operations Manager, Executive Chef and Culinary Administrator, update and maintain recipes, costing, and other menu details in Total Party Planner (catering software)
  • Delegate and oversee facility maintenance for the whole building. 

R&D 

  • Test out flavors of dishes that include sub recipes.
  • Measure and weigh individual ingredients using a scale. 
  • Keeping all records up to date and organized. 
  • Creating the recipe to make sense and use of preparation volume. 
  • Learning TPP program of entering Inventory items and creating the recipe format in the system. 
  • Using the recipe document and using consistency with each new recipe. 
  • Experienced with measuring ingredients in a gram scale and/or ounce. 
  • Understand completely all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines and training programs.
  • Responsibility and accountability for the quality of products served.
  • Attend all scheduled employee meetings and bring suggestions for improvement.
  • Fully understand and comply with all federal, state, county and municipal regulations that pertain to health, safety and labor requirements of the restaurant, employees and guestsAdhere to mission, policies and core values as described in the Employee Handbook.
    Actively participate in our Continuous Performance Management program including weekly 1:1s, quarterly check ins and annual performance reviews.

SALARY, BENEFITS AND PERKS

As a valued member of our team, your compensation will include the following salary, benefits and perks.

  • Competitive salary
  • Health and Dental insurance options (full time)
  • Pre Tax Commuter Benefit option
  • 401(k) to help you invest in your future
  • Paid Time Off to support work life balance and outside interests 
  • Paid Family Leave & Sick Pay in accordance with NY State Law
  • Company dining program (aka Family Meal)

provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

If you are interested in this position, please attach your resume and a short cover letter.  Please also include 3 references (manahers, chefs or a person that managed you in your past).  CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT A COVER LETTER.