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Looking for a head chef/ kitchen manager capable of scheduling and hiring staff, managing inventory and food costs, and general overview of a kitchen. Competitive salary, and freedom of creating new menu items.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Maintain records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory
- Analyze operating costs and other data
Specific Skills
- Supervise sous-chefs
- Supervise chefs de partie/specialist chefs
- Supervise cooks and kitchen staff
- Schedule staff
- Recruit and hire staff
- Prepare and cook meals and specialty foods including dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances
- Plan and direct food preparation and cooking activities
- Instruct cooks in preparation, garnishing and presentation of food and in new cooking techniques
- Estimate food and labour costs
- Estimate food requirements
- Ensure quality of food and portion control
Work Setting
- Restaurant
Chef Category
- Head chef
- Chef
Ability to Supervise
- 5-10 people
Food Preparation Specializations
- Vegetables, fruits, nuts and mushrooms
- Stocks, soups and sauces
- Meat, poultry and game
- Fish and seafood
- Cold kitchen
- Bakery goods and desserts
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail