Executive Chef - Salary to 85k
10 days ago
Little Rock
Job Description We are seeking an Executive Chef for our full-service branded hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas. The hotel boasts 290 rooms, 12,000 sq. ft. of event and meeting space, and a southern-style full-service restaurant. Our ideal Executive Chef candidate will have a great mix of experience in a la carte and banquet/event operations, superior leadership skills, strong financial acumen, and a drive to create incredible dining experiences. This is a heavy banquet and event operation! Candidates without a culinary degree, but with extensive culinary work experience, will be considered. The successful candidate should have firsthand experience with a similar organization's level of service and operation. Creativity is necessary with a keen eye on the budget. The Executive Chef is expected to have demonstrated leadership ability in managing and motivating the associates on his or her team. Job Requirements The Executive Chef is responsible for leading all aspects of the hotel's culinary operations, including artistic menu development and execution, dynamic leadership of the culinary team, including recruitment and retention of new team members, support, development and training, forecasting business levels, product procurement, labor budgeting, weekly scheduling, cleanliness and sanitation, coordinating with sales teams to drive future business, community engagement opportunities, and strict adherence to all guest service standards. As an Executive Chef, you will be responsible for the success of daily kitchen operations by supervising all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high-quality product is delivered. You will be responsible for overseeing all food preparation areas and support areas (e.g., dish room and purchasing). You will also establish goals, including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc. Responsibilities • Effective management of day-to-day operations, including staffing, training, budgeting, and forecasting, • Ensuring quality, consistency, and creativity are at the highest level, while maximizing the operation's personnel and resources., • The production and execution of banquets, with emphasis on quality, • Inventory and cost controls., • Review staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs, and financial objectives are met., • Developing production sheets and schedules, • Adherence to all food handling and sanitation standards, • Maintain all guest service standards., • Must pass a background check. Benefits • Medical, dental, vision, and company-paid life insurance, • Paid time off includes vacation days, personal days, and holidays., • 401(k) with match, • STD, accident, life, and critical illness voluntary insurance coverage, • Educational assistance, hotel discounts, travel assistance, and more!Company DescriptionSince 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals. Our national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience. At Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive. We want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud: honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients. At Gecko Hospitality, you certainly have... more choicesSince 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals.\r\n\r\nOur national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.\r\n\r\nAt Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive.\r\n\r\nWe want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud: honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients.\r\n\r\nAt Gecko Hospitality, you certainly have... more choices