Job Description
Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Trattoria Old Town, Cottonwood Executive Chef Arizona's premier wine producer, Merkin Vineyards, Caduceus Cellars and Four 8 Wineworks is seeking an Executive Chef.
Position Summary : The Executive Chef is responsible for facilitating and supervising onsite kitchen, food related, daily operations ensuring a safe, efficient, clean and organized workplace. The Executive Chef will conduct business in a manner consistent with and compliant with the company's standard operating practices and all applicable rules, laws and regulations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following tasks satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Cleanliness and Sanitation: Meet or exceed all company standards generally and all requirements of the Yavapai County Environmental Health Department specifically, as well as all other applicable rules, regulations and laws.
- Organization: The facility is limited in size, optimal organizational strategies must be developed and consistently adhered to in order ensure a highly functional workplace.
- Safety: The kitchen facility utilizes equipment and operational practices that can create safety hazards if not properly monitored and managed. Meet or exceed all company standards for safe operational practices as well as all other applicable rules, regulations and laws.
- Personnel : Per directions, directly or indirectly recruit, hire, train and supervise all employees in the food service department.
- Scheduling : Develop and maintains a work schedule for employees in the food service department in a manner that provides proper staffing levels and is within approved budget parameters.
- Purchasing: In an authorized manner, purchase products and services as needed, when approved.
- Inventory: Maintain an approved inventory system that allows for proper controls and will lead to data that can be reliably used for the purposes of purchasing, trend analysis and cost measurements (COGS).
- Environmental Controls: Be aware of and ensure that room temperature, lighting levels and sound levels are in accordance with the company's standards.
- Reports: Complete all daily, weekly and monthly operational and financial reports as determined by the company's ownership.
- Reporting: Submit all reports as directed and be prepared to address the information contained within each report.
- Promotions: Assist ownership in developing new, interesting and relevant promotional ideas/concepts. Execute and support all aspects of existing promotional programs.
- Marketing: Assist ownership in developing new, interesting and relevant marketing ideas/concepts. Execute and support all aspects of existing marketing programs.
- Social Media: At the discretion of and direction of ownership, support social media platforms as directed.
- Menu: Execute any/all menus as they are developed and approved.Offer new, additional menu ideas/concepts and submit to senior management for review and/or approval/denial.
- Recipe : Follow all recipes as written/approved. Prior to adding new recipes to the food program or changing existing recipes do so only with the approval of senior management and/or ownership.
- Plating: Ensure that all food products are plated with correct portion measurements, plateware and visually consistent with the recipe card photo.
- Opening Duties: When applicable, per scheduled shifts, ensure that all operating practices are followed and in place with regard to opening for business.
- Closing Duties: When applicable, per scheduled shifts, ensure that all operating practices are followed and in place with regard to opening for business.
- SOPs : Assist in the development of and ongoing revisions of SOPs. SOPs are written procedures that describe the activities specific to our menu and operation to ensure compliance with the requirements within the Yavapai County Health Department's rules and regulations. These procedures should be used to train the staff members responsible for these activities.
CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS : The following characteristics are a central part of a management style that will prove helpful in achieving successful results:
- Willing and able to develop kitchen staff members and support all other staff members in the ongoing daily operations of the business.
- Dependable and reliable in relation to their work schedule and work duties.
- Adaptable and flexible to a dynamic workplace that is structured but also evolving.
- Goal oriented and appreciates and responds well to working towards specific results.
- Self-managed and self-aware once provided goals and objectives.
- Collaborative by nature and appreciates offering and receiving creative ideas and constructive feedback.
QUALIFICATIONS and REQUIREMENTS : The following is a brief list that includes but is not limited to qualifications preferred to properly execute the job requirements.
- A minimum of seven years commercial kitchen experience with at least three years with the bona fide title of Chef.
- Experience in Italian cuisine, highly preferred
- Experience with bread baking, a plus
- Experience in a high-volume restaurant, a plus
- Three professional, relevant, recent references.
- Food: Certified Food Safety Manager Certificate: Environmental Health Department - Yavapai County.
COMPENSATION and BENEFITS : The compensation and benefits listed are provided for discussion purposes during the recruiting and interviewing process: Above market rate base salary, quarterly bonus program, paid vacation, medical, dental and vision insurance (all per the company's policies).
Merkin Vineyards, Caduceus Cellars and Four 8 Wineworks are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law. Merkin Vineyards
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