Executive Chef - Multi Unit Experience

KP Recruiting Group is a consulting firm that provides leadership and exceptional talent to some of the world s leading companies. Headquartered in the Midwest KP Recruiting Group has successfully completed countless engagements across the United States. We represent clients in all industries and all sizes. Our mission is to provide exceptional client and candidate experiences in order to get the best possible results. On behalf of our client we are excited to present the following confidential role. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing the opportunity!

**This is a full time permanent role**

The Role:

The Executive Chef will oversee and manage culinary operations to meet production presentation and service standards. Applies culinary techniques to food preparation and manages the final presentation and service of food. The Executive Chef is a management position overseeing chef managers as well as hourly culinary staff responsible for developing and executing culinary solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. Offers a wide variety of culinary solutions to meet customer and client needs and tastes.

Job Duties:

• Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items including production presentation and service standards
  
• Manages a culinary team including chef managers and hourly staff to ensure quality in final presentation of food
  
• Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
  
• Train and manage culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques
  
• Coach employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved
  
• Reward and recognize employees
  
• Plan and execute team meetings and daily huddles
  
• Complete and maintain all staff records including training records shift opening/closing checklists and performance data
  
• Develop and maintain effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
  
• Interact directly with guests daily
  
• Aggregate and communicate regional culinary and ingredient trends
  
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets
  
• Consistent focus on margin improvement understanding performance metrics data order and inventory trends
  
• Ensure efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
  
• Maintain integrity of the standard food offer responsible for always maintaining food quality and safety of items
  
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste standard menus recipes and ingredients through managing customer driven menus and labor standards
  
• Understand end to end supply chain and procurement process and systems ensuring only authorized suppliers are used
  
• Full knowledge and implementation of the Food Framework
  
• Ensure accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase
  
• Ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance
  
• Ensure compliance with SAFE food and Quality Assurance standards occupational and environmental safety policies in all culinary and kitchen operations
  
• Comply with all applicable policies rules and regulations including but not limited to those relating to safety health wage and hour
  

Requirements

• Requires at least 4 years of culinary experience
  
• At least 2 years in a management role preferred
  
• Requires a culinary degree or equivalent experience
  
• Ability to multitask
  
• Ability to simplify the agenda for the team
  
• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession.
  
• This includes experiential knowledge required for management of people and/or problems.
  
• Requires oral reading and written communication skills
  

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Prescription
  
• Generous Vacation Policy
  
• 401k with Roth option & 8% Company Match
  
• Profit Sharing
  
• Annual Bonus Potential
  
• 9 Paid Holidays (8 Static and 1 Floating)
  
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Company Paid Life Insurance
  
• Short & LongTerm Disability
  
• Annual Merit Raises
  
• Opportunities for Internal Mobility
  
• Professional Development Opportunities
  
• Earn More with our Employee Referral Program
  
• Company Discounts on products goods services electronics automotive travel & more!
  
• Opportunities for Community Engagement