Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for a Chef de cuisine to join our team and prepare delicious meals for our customers. Chef responsibilities include studying recipes, setting up menus and preparing high-quality dishes. You should be able to delegate tasks to kitchen staff to ensure meals are prepared in a timely manner. You should be familiar with sanitation regulations. If you have experience with advanced cooking techniques and non-traditional ingredients, we’d like to meet you. Ultimately, you’ll prepare and deliver a complete menu that delights our guests.
Responsibilities
- Set up the kitchen with cooking utensils and equipment, like knives, pans and kitchen scales
- Study each recipe and gather all necessary ingredients
- Cook food in a timely manner
- Delegate tasks to kitchen staff
- Inform wait staff about daily specials
- Ensure appealing plate presentation
- Supervise Cooks and assist as needed
- Slightly modify recipes to meet customers’ needs and requests (e.g. reduce salt, remove dairy)
- Monitor food stock and place orders
- Check freshness of food and discard out-of-date items
- Experiment with recipes and suggest new ingredients
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area
Skills
- Proven work experience as a Chef or Cook
- Hands-on experience with various kitchen equipment (e.g. grillers and pasta makers)
- Advanced knowledge of culinary, baking and pastry techniques
- Leadership skills
- Ability to remain calm and undertake various tasks
- Excellent time management abilities
- Up-to-date knowledge of cooking techniques and recipes
- Familiarity with sanitation regulations
- Culinary school diploma preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $60,000 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee discount
- Food provided
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
- Fine-Casual dining restaurant
Schedule:
- Weekend required
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wilmington, DE 19806: Reliably commute or planning to relocate after starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Culinary experience: 5 years (Preferred)
- Cooking: 5 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person