Summary of Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Chef de Cuisine & Sous Chef responsibilities and essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Consistently offer professional, engaging and proactive guest service while supporting fellow Colleagues
- Maintain a high level of professionalism in all aspects of job performance, practice Fairmont Service Promise’s in all interactions
- Expedite service, controlling the flow of food orders in and out of the kitchen, and ensure that all line employees are working together to cook and plate the correct dishes at the correct times. Ensure that all orders are completed on time
- Demonstrate awareness of groups, events or activities happening in the hotel as provided in pre-shift meetings
- Menu development; content proposals, costing, recipes, production lists, photos
- Order food in the absence of senior kitchen management
- Manage inventories to maximize quality and minimize food cost
- Integrate culinary operations with the front of the house managers
- Motivate, lead, coach and manage all aspect of team members’ performance
- Schedule and manage staff in absence of senior kitchen management to support production and labour cost goals
- Participate in and apply hotel training programs
- Maintain a clean and safe kitchen; applying all health department guidelines, educating staff in procedures and policies, reporting and following up on equipment deficiencies, taking responsibility for the management of stewarding staff, demonstrating and reinforcing a work smart/work safe attitude
- Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with all supporting departments and report effectively the need for any maintenance
- Follow and ensure compliance with all corporate, hotel and departmental policies and procedures
- Work to advance professional knowledge and abilities and encouraging and supporting staff to do the same
- Participate in hotel committees
- Perform any other duties, tasks, and assignments within your department as required.