Chef de Cuisine - Brown Dining Hall - Western Carolina University

Chef De Cuisine - Brown Dining Hall

Explore culinary opportunities and start growing your career with us! Enjoy all the benefits of working for a global company while experiencing the beauty of the mountains in Western North Carolina. We provide access to leadership development, optional travel to support a rapidly growing segment of Collegiate Hospitality and will support Chef and other professional certifications and accreditations.

The Chef De Cuisine is our lead culinarian, responsible for supervising all culinary operations in residential, retail, catering, or concessions. This role is for our Brown Dining Hall location.

Job Responsibilities:

• Trains and leads kitchen personnel
• Supervises/coordinates all related culinary activities
• Estimates food consumption and requisition or purchase food
• Selects and develops recipes and standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality
• Establishes presentation technique and quality standards, and plans and prices menus
• Ensures proper equipment operation/maintenance and ensures proper safety and sanitation in the kitchen
• Oversees special catering events and may also offer culinary instruction and/or demonstrate culinary techniques

Qualifications:

• Requires at least 2-3 years in a related position
• Requires at least 2-3 years of post-high school education, preferably a culinary degree
• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession
• Requires experiential knowledge of management of people and/or problems.
• Requires verbal, reading, and written communication skills