Executive Chef Job at Restaurant Associates
Salary: $85,000 - $110,000
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Become part of Restaurant Associates, a name that has been synonymous with exciting restaurant concepts and high quality foodservice for over half a century. RA is a New York City leader in the foodservice industry for some of the nation's premier museums, performing arts centers and corporate accounts. Restaurant Associates’ commitment to upscale dining has led the way to develop successful culinary programs. If you share our belief in the value of delivering Superior Quality Food and Delivery Hospitality Excellence, we invite you to learn more about Restaurant Associates’ dynamic select team of professionals. Come share your talents with one of the nations’ fastest-growing, multi-million dollar organizations.
Job Summary
In this position, the Executive Chef assumes oversight of food production and kitchen personnel. Additionally supervision of sanitation, and safety of kitchens, while ensuring that all kitchen chefs produce delicious, eye-appealing, and nutritious food, while meeting client financial budgetary goals, menu oversight, and related production activities. Weekly review of menus and performs administrative duties as assigned. This position solves problems professionally, rapidly, and fairly as well as maintains and teaches a good work ethics.
Position Objectives:
In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:
- Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
- Interact professionally with other employees, customers, and suppliers
- Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
- Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations
- Teaches and adheres to Restaurant Associates’ philosophy, culture and commitment to quality food and service
- Has a Passion for food
- Ensures all products and purchases meet Restaurant Associates’ sustainability guidelines
- Menu Design including rotations
- Commissary production operations - ideally
- Ability and willingness to engage with customers daily
- Conduct pop ups and promotions as required
- Liaise through Compass networks for the benefit of client operations
- Drive innovation and creativity throughout the operation
- Collaborate with teams on pantry program
- Create customer fun and excitement in promotions and daily operations
- Has knowledge of and enforces the Client/ Restaurant Associates’ contractual agreement
- Hires, trains, and supervises the daily conduct of all Culinary associates.
- Ensures that proper uniform standard is followed by all culinary personnel, as stated in the
- Conducts coaching sessions, and disciplinary actions in a professional and timely manner. Provides feedback and support to employees to further their development.
- Uses a variety of high- quality food items that are creatively well prepared, presented, and flavorful in a cost-effective manner.
- Ensures that all products and ingredients that are used are purchased following Restaurant Associates’ purchasing standards and sustainability commitments.
- Meets and exceeds the expectations of the customer’s perceived value.
Customer Service and Client Relations:
- Represents the company in a courteous, efficient, and friendly manner in all customer, client, and employee interactions.
- Responds to all comments and complaints within 24 hours and follows up with a written response to the General Manager and VP if necessary.
- Interact with customers and resolves customer complaints in a friendly and service-oriented manner.
- Is on site for all special events and ensures that they meet all client expectations.
- Adheres to all Health Department, OSHA, and ADA regulations
- Reports any injury, accident and or foodborne illness incident for customers and or staff accurately and in a timely manner to the General Manager and VP if necessary.
- Attends monthly safety meetings and participates in food safety inspections.
- Ability to read and comprehend elaborate instructions, event requests, correspondence, and memos written in English.
- Able to speak clearly and listen attentively to staff, peers, supervisors, guests, and client.
- Able to read and write to facilitate the communication process. Ability to write professional and efficient emails to clients and customers.
- Continue to test and update menu ideas and concepts, staying abreast of new culinary trends.
- Utilizes all wed based informational systems, including Café Manager WBI and catering menus.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education: Degree from a post secondary culinary arts training program, preferred.
- Experience: A minimum of 5 years as Chef/Executive Chef similar position in a like volume and quality food service establishment.
- General Hospitality knowledge and interest in sustainability and sustainable food practices.
- Ability to operate Web based ordering system, process customer requests, changes to orders, menu updates and client profiles.
- Proficient with word processing and spread sheets applications.
- Posses the ability to meet Bon Appetit specific uniform standards for this position.
- Utilize all Personal Protective Equipment’s per Restaurant Associates guidelines.
- Wear a cut resistance glove whenever using a sharp or potentially sharp tool or instrument.
Certificates, Licenses, Registration:
- Must have a valid driver’s license- minimum of Class C (non- Commercial driver License) clean motor vehicle record.
- SERV Safe certified
- Required Online trainings
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Stand, talk or hear, and taste or smell.
- Walk; use hands or fingers, handle, or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, reach with hands and arms.
- Regularly lift and or move up to 40 pounds and may occasionally lift to 50 pounds.
- Push and Pull carts weighing up to 100 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Apply to Restaurant Associates today!
Restaurant Associates is a member of Compass Group USA
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Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.
Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. *Los Angeles applicants: Compass Group will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box ordinance)
Associates at Restaurant Associates are offered many fantastic benefits.
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance/ AD
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
- Associate Shopping Program
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Discount Marketplace
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Restaurant Associates maintains a drug-free workplace.
Req ID: 1182810
Restaurant Associates
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