Executive Chef

Executive Chef

Life is short, work somewhere awesome! Apply today to join our management team.

As our Executive Chef you are a protector of the realm. Punch Bowl Social is unique, special, disruptive, and together we must project and protect those attributes and continue to build on a solid foundation of hospitality and passion for culinary integrity and craft beverages.

What's in it for you:

• Six-figure Bonus Potential
• Benefit Package
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account option including company HSA contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company provided Short Term Disability Insurance
• Company provided Long Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Voluntary benefits LifeLock Protection, Pet Insurance, Accident and Critical Illness offerings
• Opportunities for Growth and Advancement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Discounts on Food, Beverage and Activities

Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000

Punch Bowl Social is unique, special, disruptive and together we must project and protect those attributes and continue to build on a solid foundation of hospitality and passion for culinary integrity and craft beverages.

Your training will teach you everything you need to know to succeed on the job. But there are a few skills you should have from the get-go:

• Positive attitude and passion for making people smile, and truly enjoy their experience
• Value for high quality food and beverage, and appreciation for the technique associated with production
• Sense of adventure and engaging energy
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, both BOH and FOH, Management, and Community
• Passionate, engaged, energetic, entrepreneurial spirit with high critical thinking skills

What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the restaurants' recipes, portioning, cooking, and serving standards
• Stocking and maintaining sufficient levels of food products to assure a smooth service period by utilizing company systems such as prep lists, pars, and recipe yields
• Portioning food products prior to cooking according to standard portion sizes and recipe specifications
• Handling, storing, and rotating all products properly and in accordance with company standards
• Overseeing and delegating food prep assignments as needed
• Ensuring that all equipment is kept clean and in excellent working condition through personal inspection and by following the restaurant's preventative maintenance programs
• Ensuring that all products are ordered according to predetermined product specifications and received in correct unit count and condition, and deliveries are performed in accordance with the restaurant's receiving policies and procedures
• Controlling food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes and waste control procedures
• Training kitchen personnel in cleanliness and sanitation practices
• Maintaining appropriate cleaning schedules for walls, hoods, other equipment and food storage areas.
• Checking and maintaining proper food holding and refrigeration temperature control points
• R&D support including:
• Recipe development (creating new recipes from scratch or adapting recipes from existing)
• Recipe standardization (creating recipes and documenting in such a way that they can be recreated across multiple locations with easy-to-follow instructions)
• Recipe costing (identifying an actual plate cost based on ingredients and prepped recipes).

Requirements

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years' experience in varied kitchen supervisor positions including Sous Chef
• 2+ years' experience working in a high-volume, scratch kitchen
• 6+ months experience managing budgets and culinary cost controls
• Working knowledge of company software including Microsoft Office, Hot Schedules and Aloha
• Ability to oversee a team of 10+ BOH staff
• Must be able to stand and exert fast-paced mobility for period up to six (6) hours in length
• Must have a good sense of balance, be able to bend and kneel and have the ability to lift boxes and equipment frequently weighing up to 25-50 pounds

*** Must be 21 years old and over ***

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