DaNonna Pizzeria

Part time, full time position

We’re excited to announce the opening of our soul food and vegan soul food truck in Teaneck, NJ, this April, and we’re searching for a talented and experienced Head Chef to lead our kitchen team. If you’re passionate about creating exceptional dishes and want to be part of an exciting new venture, we’d love to hear from you! Responsibilities: • Oversee all kitchen operations, including menu execution and food preparation. • Maintain high-quality recipes and standards. • Train, manage, and inspire kitchen staff. • Ensure food safety and sanitation compliance at all times. • Manage inventory, order supplies, and control food costs. • Collaborate with ownership to innovate and refine menu offerings. • Handle high-volume service efficiently and effectively. Qualifications: • 2+ years of professional kitchen experience, preferably in leadership roles (food truck experience is a plus). • Strong knowledge of soul food and/or vegan cuisine. • Exceptional organizational, time management, and multitasking skills. • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. • Leadership and team-building abilities with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities - Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes - Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers - Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting - Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget - Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking - Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficientlyIdentify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel - Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

● Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation time. ● Reads food orders or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions. ● Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times. ● Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. ● Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use. ● May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all - company and regulatory rules and procedures.