Culinary Supervisor
About the role
As a Culinary Supervisor, you will play a vital role in overseeing the culinary operations within our establishment. This position requires a blend of culinary expertise and leadership skills. You will collaborate with kitchen team members, promote recipe accuracy, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
Responsibilities
- Manage trims and yields to minimize waste and maximize profitability.
- Monitor portion control and food usage to optimize cost efficiency.
- Implement strategies to reduce food waste and enhance overall kitchen sustainability.
- Conduct regular inspections of food preparation areas, equipment, and storage facilities to ensure cleanliness and compliance with sanitation standards.
- Review poor-performing meals for opportunities to improve.
- Sample new and existing ingredients to continuously improve ingredient quality.
- Enforce adherence to health and safety regulations and food handling procedures.
- Implement proper sanitation practices and hygiene protocols in the kitchen.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health department regulations and requirements.
- Family Meal Oversight: Supervise the family meal program, ensuring that staff meals are prepared and served efficiently.
- Coordinate menu planning and rotation for family meals, taking into account dietary preferences and nutritional balance, as well as cost and sustainability.
- Maintain high standards of quality and food safety for family meal service.
Qualifications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- 1-3 years of experience in a culinary leadership role, preferably in a high-volume restaurant or hospitality environment.
- Culinary degree or certification from a recognized culinary institution is desirable.
- Strong knowledge of culinary techniques, food preparation methods, and kitchen management principles.
- Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks effectively.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to upholding high standards of food quality and service.
- Ability to walk and stand for the entirety of the shift.
- Ability to complete tasks in cold (coolers) or hot (kitchens) environments.
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.
- Bilingual (English & Spanish) required.
Benefits
- Health Insurance coverage with Cigna
- Weekly payments
- Opportunity for advancement
- Family meal served daily
About CookUnity
CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity has almost 1000 employees and delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul. Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.