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Executive Chef Jobs in Oakville, ON at Parlatos Catering
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EXECUTIVE CHEF
Position Summary:
Responsible for the consistent preparation of company cuisine of the highest quality, presentation and flavour for the Events, banquets and other food facilities, resulting in outstanding guest satisfaction.
Additionally responsible for the smooth running of the kitchen and managing areas of profit, stock, wastage control, hygiene practices and hiring and training within the kitchen.
Executive Chef Duties and Responsibilities:
Trains, develops and motivates supervisors and culinary staff to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
Teaches preparation according to well-defined recipes and follows up and discusses ways of constantly improving the cuisine at the property.
Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment, counselling employees as appropriate and demonstrating a dedicated and professional approach to management.
Should be able to provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen.
Understand employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees’ absence or determine appropriate replacements to fill gaps.
Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Utilises interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and kitchen staff.
He/She should advocate sound financial/business decision-making, demonstrates honesty, integrity and also lead by example.
Provides and supports service behaviours that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
Delegates as appropriate to develop supervisors and subordinates to accept responsibility and meet clearly defined goals and objectives.
Review staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
Actively involved in menu development and maintaining updated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation.
Determines how food should be presented, and creates decorative food displays.
Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavour.
Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
Follows proper handling and the right temperature of all food products.
Ensures all equipment in the kitchen is properly maintained and in working order in accordance with local Health department and Catering standards.
Purchasing of needed goods and services.
Ensure all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet departmental appearance/quality standards.
Ensure proper grooming and hygiene standards for all kitchen staff.
Ensures all kitchen employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications.
Ensure proper purchasing, receiving and food storage standards in the kitchen.
Maintain Quality levels of receiving, storage, production and presentation of food.
Ensure sufficient staffing levels are scheduled to accommodate business demands.
Follows and enforces all applicable safety procedures specified for kitchen and food servers.
Discuss daily food cost reports with the key kitchen and CEO.
Review weekly and monthly schedules to meet forecast and budget.
Attend the daily morning meetings and other administrative sessions.
Identifies the …
Title: Executive Chef
Company: Parlatos Catering
Location: Oakville, ON
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