CULINARY EXPERIENCE SUPERVISOR
As a Culinary Experience Supervisor (CES) at Impact Kitchen you set the culinary standard high and are passionate to ensure guests enjoy their experience through incredible food. You create delectable and consistent dishes for dine-in and take-out guests, support back of house operations and partner with your Guest Experience counterparts on the team. You are an integral team member as you prepare a variety of beverages to high standards and with a quick turn around.
Culinary Experience Supervisors are highly flexible individuals responsible for preparing and working both Hot and Cold line kitchen stations supporting Impact Kitchen’s breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menu. As proper food handling, food safety, and consistent recipe preparation are all vital to this position, a primary role of the CES position is to support the leadership of business success through an engaged team while monitoring sanitation, food quality, and food freshness. This position is highly physical; therefore, individuals must possess a strong level of physical stamina. Ideal candidates are efficient, flexible, possess superior time management skills, are team players, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
As an Impact Kitchen Culinary Experience Supervisor you are a developing expert in your niche and are the teams go-to resource when it comes to all things culinary experience. You are a trainer and facilitate coaching and knowledge transfer instinctually. You aim to see your team succeed and support management with the successful operation of the business. This role has keys to our restaurant and leads by example with every action. The natural progression from this role is to Culinary Experience Manager.
COMPENSATION
Culinary Experience Supervisors earn $23.50/hour, paid time off, and receive a substantial discount on Impact Kitchen products and have flexible scheduling to accommodate a healthy balanced lifestyle.
TEAM & DEPARTMENT
Culinary Experience Supervisors make an impact everyday through our back-of-house operations and support the leadership of a large portion of our total team population. In this role you will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from multiple levels of the organization while being the main point of food production for our guests. The Culinary Experience Supervisor reports to Culinary Experience Management including the Assistant Culinary Experience Manager, Culinary Experience Manager and General Manager of each Restaurant.
The first entry point for our culinary inclined leaders, the Culinary Experience Supervisor is the perfect knowledge incubator and team coach. Those that excel in their capacity at a CES have the opportunity to advance to an Assistant Culinary Experience Manager role where they build on their ability to train and develop top talent for the organization while also learning more about running a successful restaurant.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leading and training the Culinary Experience Team.
- Oversee Team Leads and provide direction
- Executing Impact Kitchen standards at an Above and Beyond level.
- Ensuring a best-in-class experience for new hires on their first day and during training through IMPACT ACADEMY
- Preparation, production and execution of menu items and food quality standards according to detailed recipes and instructions
- Receiving and storage of deliveries as related to the commissary kitchen and 3rd party suppliers
- Effective storage, management, and safe rotation (FIFO) of all products
- Cleaning, sanitation and maintenance of kitchen equipment and food production spaces
- Strict adherence to company, municipal and provincial guidelines as they are related to food safety and safe workplace environments
SKILLS
- Minimum of 3 years of kitchen experience with a clear understanding of cooking and cleaning fundamentals and practices
- 3 - 5 years of team leadership experience
- Passion and Interest in coaching and developing others
- Strong understanding of food safety and public health practices
- Ability to execute and thrive in a fast-paced environment with consistency
- Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to multitask when required
- Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully, and to work well with others
- Be able to work in a standing position for extended periods
- Availability to work days, evenings, and weekends as business demands.
- A commitment of at least 5 days per week and 30-40 hours per week is required.
- Ability to lift up to 50 LBS
- Work Permit required
- Required: Food Handlers Certification
This job posting is for an existing vacancy within Impact Kitchen. We are looking to fill this position with a qualified candidate as soon as possible.
INCLUSIVITY AT IMPACT
Impact Kitchen feeds a diverse community and is made stronger by a diverse team. We welcome and encourage applications from our entire community equally. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the decision to hire is based solely on business needs, experience and future potential. Hiring is not determined or influenced by any classification of an individual as protected by the laws that govern the region for which the prospective individual would work within. This is true for all practices and policies within the employee journey/lifecycle.
Impact Kitchen supports alternative ways to interview and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Should you require a reasonable accommodation, please indicate in your application. Both Impact Kitchen management and the applicant share responsibility to communicate and reasonably accommodate.
