Farm & Fire, Head Chef

1 week ago

Banff, Canada Pursuit Collection Full time

What will be your daily pursuit?:
Crafting amazing dishes for our guests and assist with leading our team of culinary professionals

What perks can you expect?:

- Work in a dynamic, culturally diverse team from around the globe
- Seasonal work experience in iconic, unforgettable, and inspiring locations
- Fast-paced and active position - get your step counter ready
- The chance to work in an inclusive culture and make life-long friends
- Opportunities for career growth or future work at other Pursuit locations
- Access to one of the world’s most beautiful and iconic National Parks

What will you do in this job?:
Management
- Assists in the development and planning of concepts of service, policy, procedures and menus for food outlets and banquets.
- Writes menus and recommendations to the Executive Chef for future months, holidays, special events and promotions.
- Assists in the preparation, recommendation and implementation of departmental budget, monitoring the progress each period and throughout the year.
- Assists in the development and implementation of short
- and long-term goals and related strategies and programs.
- Identifies, researches, develops, recommends and implements policies and procedures relating to food preparation.

Supervision
- Supervises the training and cross training of kitchen staff for different phases and levels of food preparation.
- Schedules the staff according to volume and assigns tasks.
- Interviews and hires new employees and carries out employee performance appraisals and disciplinary action.
- Liaises with other departments, ensuring communication and resolution of problems.
- Reports all maintenance and repair needs to maintenance and operations teams

Food Preparation
- Supervises, expedites and participates in food preparation for restaurants and banquets, in accordance with standards of quality, quantity, taste and presentation.
- Assists in the development of food specifications.
- Conducts and develops portion control tests for yield and quantity.
- Prevents spoilage and contamination of food by enforcing proper sanitation practices.
- Inspects the delivery of food to ensure quality.
- Supervises the creation of attractive food displays. Including Grab and Go
- Checks food for taste, temperature and visual appeal.
- Coordinates HACCP Program with all Sous Chefs, supervisors and ensures HACCP logs are accurately filed.

Administration
- Attends and conducts Sous Chef and supervisors' meetings to ensure coordination of activities, and review of policies and procedures.
- Meets with other departments and clients to plan and coordinate food and beverage functions.
- Ensures compliance with departmental policies, rules and regulations.
- Reviews and approves food requisitions, inter-kitchen transfers and production quantities.
- Ensures adherence to cost control procedures by reviewing labor and supply costs
- Prepares the monthly labor forecast.
- Uses CTUIT to manage food cost and monthly inventory counts.
- Review labor projection tracker daily.

Other
- Complies with the Pursuits policies and procedures.
- Performs other tasks as assigned by management.

What skills and experience do you need for this job?:

- AOS/BS in Culinary Arts or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5+ years of industry & culinary management experience in high volume food service and restaurant operations.
- Ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer service
- Experienced and proficient in the latest sanitation and HACCP standards.
- Ability to control cost - food & labor
- Understanding, support and development of sustainable cuisine
- Experience in demonstration cooking
- Menu writing and development ability
- Computer literacy including word processing and presentation software
- People management and culinary leadership experience
- Personnel development and training.
- Organizational skills and ability to introduce or implement and execute culinary program and brand development.
- P&L accountability and/or contract-managed service experience is desirable.

What will your work environment be like?:

- Beautiful. You’ll work in iconic, unforgettable and inspiring locations. You’ll see amazing scenery and wildlife.
- Independent. You’ll spend your days in and around National Parks
- Remote. Our home is filled with trees, lakes and blue-bird skies; rather than buildings, freeways and smog. Connect with friends around a bonfire instead of through WiFi
- Busy. You need to be prepared for a physical working environment with walking, stair climbing, bending, reaching, lifting (up to 50 pounds with assistance) required

This job description describes the role at a high level, but no document can anticipate every single task, issue or project that could come up. We work as a team and believe that we succeed together - these job duties may change based on the needs of the team and company as a whole.

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