Title: EXECUTIVE CHEF
Program: City Beet Kitchens EVENTS
Salary:
$90,000 annually
Program Description
City Beet Kitchens is a mission-based non-profit catering company. We were established in 1995 as “Comfort Foods” and rebranded in 2015 to “City Beet Kitchens.” We cater to large clients in the non-profit space (institutional division) as well as corporate and private events (events division), providing meals, snacks, boxed lunches and specific curated events (e.g. galas, weddings, etc.)
Overall Responsibilities
The Executive Chef is responsible for overseeing our events kitchen and staff.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Managing a commercial kitchen (staff, product, inventory, etc.)
- Lead cook on hot line as well as supervising staff on other stations
- Maintaining a flexible and responsive attitude towards customers' needs
- Creating menus / seasonal specials, testing & developing recipes
- Collaborating and problem solving with Executive Director of CBK, Director of Events, and Events Manager to continue developing the highest quality of culinary experience for the Events division
- Leading, motivating and being a part of a team
- Budgeting, balancing, and maintaining low food cost
- Ensuring high quality of food
- Food Centric approach. Awareness of food / industry trends and new ingredients
- Managing / optimizing vendor relationships and pricing
- Work with Office Administrator to ensure all deliver invoices have been processed
- Understanding CBK's mission / ability to work with a wide variety of people and backgrounds
- Mentoring interns and early career cooks
- Scheduling staff, & keeping kitchen up to “A” level of NYC Health Department standards
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years high culinary experience
- Previous Executive and/or Sous Chef experience
- Excellent organization & communication skills
- High volume restaurant or catering experience
- Thorough understanding of NYC Food Standards
- Patience, teaching skills, and a mentor-mentality
- Proficiency in Microsoft software: Outlook, Word and Excel, familiarity with Inventory Management Programs a plus
- Must have schedule flexibility for large events and busy seasons
- Patient demeanor for training interns and early career staff
To Apply:
We value chefs that are passionate about cooking and want to contribute to the company's success while building a career. To apply, submit your resume with a cover letter indicating position a to: >/strong>.
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