Description
Has oversight for all culinary related activities of the dining operation. Assists in establishing food and labor goals. Accountable for achieving food cost goals and labor cost goals. Establishes and maintains departmental sanitation standards. Develops food quality checking systems and techniques. Develops/promotes training and staff development. Inspects prepared food quality to verify proper preparation technique. Conducts regular visits to off-premise events to monitor food quality. Conducts weekly culinary meetings. Responsible for overall purchasing programs to include weekly inventory, food rotation program and exploration of new and progressive food products. Responsible for regular equipment maintenance checks. Has oversight for labor timekeeping system and monitors staff weekly schedule. Education and Experience: Culinary degree required. Minimum of 7 years culinary management experience. Must be ServSafe certified. Excellent interpersonal skills essential. Creative menu development required. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.