POSITION SUMMARY:
The Kitchen Manager overseas kitchen administrative management including commissary and off-site events. Familiarity with culinary programs, data entry, computer and analytical skills are a must. Possess excellent communications and problem-solving skills.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Good basic culinary background. Culinary training preferred.
- Experience in the kitchen preferred, to include both fine dining restaurants and high-end caterers.
- Strong computer and analytical skills.
- Strong database experience, preferably with Caterease and inventory system.
- Microsoft suite experience (including Excel, Word and Outlook)
- Good understanding of inventory system, recipes standardization and costing.
- Competent in organization and time management skills
- Good communication skills
- Understanding of all sanitation standards
- Initiative, self-motivated, problem-solving attitude, team player and flexible
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Creation event paperwork: annotated kitchen menus (AKM), food pack out (KPO) and equipment pack out (PO), ensuring that each event gets the correct food and equipment
- Maintain menu and annotation database to ensure they are up to date
- Liaise with event chefs to make sure the food and equipment was received as well as post event follow up
- Maintaining the food cost database, costing recipes and invoice management
- Manage dishwashers and porters, who are packing equipment and food
- Assist in post-event administration
- Event troubleshooting & responding to real-time event issues
- Assist with tastings, photographing dishes and acting as expo as needed
- Photo library cataloging and maintenance
- Triage assistance for kitchen staff, whether HR, payroll or other
- Occasional ordering, staffing and other duties carried out by the kitchen manager.
- The ability to perform other tasks or special projects as advised by senior culinary management.
- The ability to be flexible if needed, with scheduling
- Management of kitchen uniforms
- Assist culinary team in maintaining health code
