Executive Chef

Grand Lux Cafe

  • San Diego, CA
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
Job Description:OverviewHiring Immediately!What We Offer:
  • Comprehensive healthcare starting as low as $10/month within 30 days
  • Car allowance of $6k per year
  • Stock Equity and Company Car Program
  • Medical, dental and vision, company-paid group life insurance, short term disability and long-term disability
  • Flexibility: Paid time off including vacation and sick time
  • Health Saving Account
  • 401k plan and company match
  • Tuition assistance
  • Eligible for up to 50% next day pay (exclusions apply)
  • Employee Assistance Programs
A JOB HANDCRAFTED JUST FOR YOUSince 2002, North Italia has been a favorite neighborhood spot for crave-worthy, from-scratch modern Italian food.We believe every moment a guest spends with us should be one that is worth savoring. Our restaurants have a contemporary, welcoming vibe that our guests love. From the front of the house to the kitchen, our passion for what we do creates a vibrant energy that always makes you feel at home.Reporting to: This position reports to the General Manager. You will work with a passionate and highly respected team committed to leading and inspiring others to deliver our mission: Great Hospitality. Every Time.What we offer:As the Executive Chef you will:
  • Manage shifts which include daily decision making, scheduling, and planning
  • Demonstrate superior ingredient knowledge and understanding of culinary trends
  • Use your career experience and talents to help the restaurant reach its financial goals through skillful management of labor cost, food cost, and other controllable costs
  • Execute mastery of receiving and storage standard procedures
  • Need to demonstrate ability to run volume shifts from either expo or lead kitchen position
  • Manage on-the-fly requests with ease and poise creating a calm and positive work environment
  • Foster an environment of continuous learning, open and honest feedback, and corrective action as needed
  • Be responsible for running the restaurant as if an owner
You’ll thrive in this position if you are:
  • Passionate about creating memorable dining experiences by exceeding guest expectations
  • Dedicated to creating a safe environment for the team and guest through highest standards for product quality and restaurant cleanliness
  • Committed to driving continuous improvement by coaching, leading, and developing the restaurant team
  • Service-oriented in your approach to working in a high-volume environment
Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of high-volume culinary management experience
  • Demonstrated working understanding of business operations and financials
  • Solid track record of success in previous assignments demonstrating upward career tracking
  • Culinary school background is a plus
  • Prior POSitouch, Crunchtime, and Open Table experience is a plus
  • Able to work ten-hour plus shifts, plus ability to stand, sit, squat, or walk for extended periods of time
  • Must be able to work closing shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed
  • Able to grasp, reach overhead, push, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds
  • Finger/hand dexterity to operate kitchen machinery, knives, etc.
  • Ability to withstand changes in temperature, occasional smoke, steam and heat, and work in a confined space
  • Must possess hearing, visual, and sensory abilities to observe and detect emergency situations; also to distinguish product, taste, texture, temperature, and presentation of food
About the CompanyWho we are: We are restauranteurs with concepts like no other. We are culinary forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. Delicious, memorable experiences created by passionate people – this defines who we are and where we are going.

Grand Lux Cafe