Overview
Title: Executive Chef
Program: City Beet Kitchens Events
Salary: $90,000
Program Overview:
City Beet Kitchens is a mission-based non-profit catering company. We were established in 1995 as “Comfort Foods” and rebranded in 2015 to “City Beet Kitchens.” We cater to large clients in the non-profit space (institutional division) as well as corporate and private events (events division), providing meals, snacks, boxed lunches and specific curated events (e.g. galas, weddings, etc.)
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Managing a commercial kitchen (staff, product, inventory, etc.)
- Maintaining a flexible and responsive attitude towards customers’ needs
- Creating menus / seasonal specials, testing & developing recipes
- Collaborating and problem solving with Executive Director of CBK, Director of Events, and team leadership to continue developing the highest quality of culinary experience for the Events division
- Leading, motivating and being a part of a team.
- Budgeting, balancing, and maintaining low food cost.
- Ensuring high quality of food
- Food Centric approach. Awareness of food / industry trends and new ingredients
- Managing / optimizing vendor relationships and pricing
- Understanding CBK’s mission / ability to work with a wide variety of people and backgrounds.
- Mentoring interns and early career cooks
- Scheduling staff, & keeping kitchen up to “A” level of NYC Health Department standards
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years high culinary experience
- Previous Executive and/or Sous Chef experience
- Excellent organization & communication skills
- High volume restaurant or catering experience
- Thorough understanding of NYC Food Standards
- Patience, teaching skills, and a mentor-mentality
- Proficiency in Microsoft software: Outlook, Word and Excel, familiarity with Inventory Management Programs a plus
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