Chef de Cuisine - Main Event Caterers

Chef de Cuisine

The Chef de Cuisine / Tasting Chef plays a pivotal role in leading the culinary team, developing innovative menus, and ensuring flawless execution during client tastings and high-end events. This role demands culinary excellence, leadership, and a deep understanding of flavor profiles, presentation, and guest experience.

Benefits include 401(k), 401(k) matching, competitive salary, dental insurance, free food & snacks, health insurance, opportunity for advancement, paid time off, and vision insurance.

Supervisory responsibilities include training new staff in the department, overseeing the daily workflow of the department, and providing constructive and timely performance evaluations.

Duties/Responsibilities include leading all client tastings, collaborating with the Executive Chef on seasonal menu development and custom event menus, supervising and mentoring kitchen staff, overseeing kitchen operations for tastings, VIP events, and key functions, working closely with sales and event planning teams to understand client preferences, maintaining high standards of food safety, cleanliness, and kitchen organization, managing inventory, sourcing, and quality control of specialty ingredients used in tastings, and staying current with food trends, fine dining innovations, and emerging techniques to elevate the company's culinary offerings.

Required skills/abilities include strong culinary skills and creativity, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices, ability to handle high-pressure situations and multitask effectively, experience with leading others, strong inventory management skills, proficiency with Microsoft Suite, and flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and event-based schedules.

Education and experience include minimum 5-7 years of experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership role, and a culinary degree from a recognized institution preferred.

Compensation: $70,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.