Executive Fine Dining Chef

Position Summary

This position provides management oversight to the Chef de Cuisine, Sous Chefs, and Cooks in the day to day business operation of the Prime Culinary Staff at Wild Horse Pass. This position oversees the direction of the culinary team’s daily activities in accordance with the Food and Beverage policies and objectives to ensure guest satisfaction, profitability and a positive, productive and compliant work environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes and provides excellent guest service experience to both internal and external guests.
• Ensures budgeted food percentages are achieved through effective control measures including portion controls, kitchen timings, food inventory rotation measures, receiving and food storage procedures, inventory controls, effective purchasing procedures, kitchen security procedures and waste control.
• Controls labor costs through effective managing of culinary leaders, cross-training and development of team members.
• Ensures that the purchasing and preparation of all food products meet company standards of quality and consistency.
• This positions primary focus is to ensure the recipes at Prime Restaurant are maintained and executed as directed.
• Maintains a positive and compliant employee relations climate.
• Responsible for the staffing, training, evaluation and counseling of the Prime culinary team.
• Supervises directly the culinary team members at Prime restaurant.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree with major concentration in food preparation, management, nutrition or related field preferred.
• Prior experience as an Executive Chef and/or related experience in a full service restaurant or events venue preferred.
• Variety of experience levels in volume feeding, ala carte, fine dining, catering, baking and pastry, and purchasing storage and handling required.
• Must have an in-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of Enterprise Policies and Procedures, governmental regulations, and technical rules relevant to their responsibilities.