Airport Chef
OTG Management
- Newark, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop a culinary plan with short and long-term goals that ensure high levels of guest satisfaction.
- Enhance food quality levels by establishing standards diverse menus to satisfy specific regional preferences.
- Provide culinary and service expertise, and operational support to site level culinary and service teams to ensure high quality food service.
- Ensure training material and processes enable the delivery of exceptional cuisine.
- Address quality and/or service gaps to develop continuous improvement for execution across the entire organization.
- Embrace guest satisfaction reports and develop and execute enterprise-wide programs to enrich the overall dining experience.
- Research, test, and introduce new/improved products to enhance the overall dining experience.
- Establish menus and products that are in line with food cost projections, operational feasibility, quality standards, and guest satisfaction.
- Develop, revise, measure, and maintain culinary service standard operating procedures throughout the OTG.
- Cultivate and maintain effective partnerships with site level management to execute the culinary and service strategic plan.
- Collaborate and co-develop food service equipment plans that are in line with concept and budgetary goals.
- Complete all other tasks assigned.
- Degree from an accredited culinary institution preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of experience as an Executive Chef within a $200MM plus organization.
- National, unionized, multi-site experience.
- Sound knowledge of FDA and/or major US metropolitan city health code adherence.
- Ability to anticipate problems and create innovative solutions.
- Highly developed culinary expertise and principles including a variety of ethnic/regional cuisines.
- Experience in leading and developing a culinary team.
- Demonstrate expertise in food costing, menu planning, inventory management and procurement.
- Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Must be willing to travel as job requirements dictate (approximately 60% travel).