Summary
Located with Naval Academy Business Services Division (NABSD) Retail Dining & Hospitality, Annapolis, MD, this position provide comprehensive management of the Food & Beverage Program and supervision of subordinate employees to include Sous Chefs, Pastry Chefs, Cooks, Dishwashers, and Food Service Workers. The incumbent is also responsible for organizing, planning, staffing, training, controlling equipment, inventory maintenance, security and assisting with budgeting and financial management.
Duties
Grow Your Culinary Career: Chef de Cuisine Role with New Restaurant Project:
Are you a highly skilled and ambitious chef ready for your next leadership challenge? We're looking for a Chef de Cuisine to oversee our current à la carte operations; and play a key leadership role in the development and opening of our upcoming restaurant. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to shape our culinary direction and grow within an organization that values work-life balance and fosters long-term leadership. If you have a passion for culinary excellence and a proven ability to lead and inspire, we want to hear from you. This position requires open availability to support event-based scheduling for day or evening shifts, weekdays and weekends including holidays.
Supervisory duties comprise 35% of incumbent's time and include but are not limited to:
- Directs work to be accomplished by staff.
- Assigns work based on priorities, difficulty and requirements of assignments, and staff capabilities.
- Assist with hiring, trains, supervises, schedules and evaluates the work of staff in the diverse food production departments.
- Conducts annual performance reviews of staff.
- Participates in section staffing decisions.
- Ensures staff receives proper training to fulfill requirements of their positions.
- Addresses potential disciplinary and/or performance issues timely and takes appropriate, corrective action(s) as necessary.
- Directly supervises employees assigned to the Food and Beverage Program.
Program Management duties comprise 35% of incumbent's time and include but are not limited to:
- Plans, directs and supervises the activities of the Food and Beverage operation.
- Plans food and beverage programs, menus, and internal controls for a viable and successful food and beverage operation.
- Ensures proper relation of cost of goods to labor, food waste and spoilage.
- Develops and maintains stock control cards by electronic spreadsheet, par stock levels, and daily inventories.
- Prepares marketing lists, determines food and beverage requirements and related supplies.
-Inspects deliveries for quality and quantity.
-Maintains accountability of food and beverage equipment and supplies, and maintenance of sanitation and health inspection standards.
-Keeps abreast of the technical advances in food and beverage equipment and preparation procedures.
-Plans, reviews and prices lunch and dinner menus
-Plans for the utilization of food surplus or leftovers; checks methods of preparation, size of portions and appearance.
-Develops an income, expense, and capital expenditure budget for the food and beverage operation and submits to the supervisor for approval.
-Ensures food, bar and sundries inventories are taken at the times specified in the Monthly Close-out Report and conducts monthly inventories as assigned.
Food Preparation duties comprise 25% of incumbent's time and include but are not limited to:
-Prepares different ethnic cuisines and specialty diets such as gluten free, vegan, and Paleo.
-Plans menus (with the Executive Chef) for all food outlets in the Club, off premise, special occasions and events.
-Ensures high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety are maintained throughout all kitchens and dining rooms at all times.
-Maintains controls to minimize food and supply waste and theft.
-Safeguards all food production employees by conducting continuous training to increase their knowledge about safety, sanitation and accident prevention principals.
-Develops standardized recipes and techniques for food production and presentation that helps ensure consistently high quality and to minimize food cost; exercises portion control for all items served and assists in establishing menu-selling prices.
-Develops seasonal menu items with standardized recipes for the restaurant and for catering.
-Evaluates food products to ensure quality standards are consistently attained.
-Visits dining area periodically to welcome members and receive member feedback.
-Hosts taste panels to assess feasibility of proposed menu items.
-Establishes buffet and a la carte menu presentations.
-Maintains safety and ServSafe training.
-Understands and follows proper sanitation practices including those for personal hygiene.
Physical Demands: Must be able to lift a maximum of 50 lbs. Regularly conducts inspections of all areas of food production, dining facilities, and storage areas which requires excessive walking and standing. Exposure to temperature extremes.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be further evaluated to determine the extent to which their education, related experience, training, awards, and supervisory appraisal demonstrate they possess the desired knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs).