Restaurant Chef

KWPM Culture

As a team member of KW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, you are expected to understand and support the mission statement of the company and practice our GREAT values every day. These values include but are not limited to greeting and smiling; showing respect with name recognition and eye contact; accepting the empowerment to exceed everyone's expectations and showing enthusiasm for your position and duties; being accountable to show a positive attitude and accountable for your actions; and be trustworthy in your duties and transparent in everything you do. These are our GREAT values and part of your work practices and expected as part of your daily activities while working at KW Property Management and Consulting.

Duties and Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assists in managing the operations of the kitchen and back-of-house, ensuring that food is prepared safely and efficiently.
• Ensures kitchen runs in accordance with all applicable health, safety, and hygiene codes and standards.
• Creates and modifies the restaurant's menu based on food trends, food costs, patron requests, and seasonal availability.
• Oversees stocking, ordering, and purchasing of ingredients, ensuring that necessary ingredients are available and as fresh as possible while also minimizing spoilage and waste.
• Collaborates with specialty chefs on menu items
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Process and reconcile invoices for food deliveries, ensuring accuracy, timely payment, and compliance with company policies.
• Train the kitchen staff while establishing a working environment that adheres to the proper work schedule

Supervisory Responsibility : This position manages all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees.

Work Environment: This job entails frequent exposure to smoke, steam, high temperatures, humidity and extreme cold. There is also frequent contact/immersion of hands in water, sanitation solutions, meat products, poultry products, seafood and produce items.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and stand. The employee is frequently required to reach, bend, stoop, shake, stir, pour, carry, push and lift objects up to 30 pounds. There is substantial repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: This is a non-exempt position. The work schedule will likely change throughout the year to accommodate the business needs of the property.

Required Education and Experience

• High school or GED equivalent required, formal culinary training or associate degree in culinary arts preferred
• Minimum four years of cooking experience in a culinary leadership role preferred
• Ability to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen and dining room employees, and guests.
• Safe Food Handling Certification

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.