Executive Chef Jobs

Job Number 23123788

Job Category Food and Beverage & Culinary

Location Sheraton Lampung Hotel, Jalan Wolter Monginsidi No. 175, Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Indonesia

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? N

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

Job Summary

Accountable for the quality, consistency and production of the restaurant kitchen. Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions. Coordinates menus, purchasing, staffing and food preparation for the property's restaurant. Works with team to improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. Develops and trains team to improve results.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education And Experience

• High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Ensuring Culinary Standards And Responsibilities Are Met For Restaurant

• Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the restaurant.
• Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for restaurant.
• Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
• Supervises restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• Determines how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations regulations.
• Estimates daily restaurant production needs.
• Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the restaurant.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Communications production needs to key personnel.

Leading Kitchen Team

• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team.
• Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
• Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
• Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
• Supervises and manages restaurant kitchen employees. Managing all day-to-day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.
• Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.

Establishing and Maintaining Restaurant Kitchen Goals

• Developing specific guidance and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish daily kitchen operations work.
• Sets and supports achievement of kitchen goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
• Knows and implements company safety standards.
• Effectively investigates, reports and follows-up on employee accidents.
• Understands the impact of kitchen operation on the overall property financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.

Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service

• Handles guest problems and complaints.
• Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement.
• Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
• Sets a positive example for guest relations.
• Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
• Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities

• Manages employee progressive discipline procedures.
• Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
• Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills.
• Uses all available on the job training tools for employees.
• Participates in training restaurant staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Additional Responsibilities

• Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings.
• Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

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