Job Description
Chef de Cuisine -
- Service
- Supervise the Hourly Line Cooks, Commis, and Externs as they prepare their daily mise en place and prep.
- Ensure that the walk-in coolers and dry storage spaces are kept clean and organized in accordance with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines and restaurant guidelines.
- Lead an assigned station (Garde Manger, Fish, Meat) to ensure that all Line Cooks are preparing and plating the dishes properly to the standards of the restaurant.
- Work in conjunction with the Dining Room and Kitchen Expeditor to ensure proper timing of all courses leaving the kitchen.
- Working closely and overseeing Sous and Lead members on ordering and par management
- Jointly collaborating with the management team for both BOH and FOH to practice, innovate new ideas, ideologies, ways to enhance the overall work environment and guests experience, by implementing protocols and ways of doing things.
- Upmost communication and delegation and accountability from self and team to execute daily tasks, culture and vision for the restaurant and company.
- Hiring
- Actively seek out new members of our kitchen team to ensure proper foundation as the restaurant grows and develops
- Menu Development
- Support the Executive Chef with the development of new dishes from a brainstorming capacity, responsibly sourcing and execution.
- Execute initial plate concepts for the Executive Chef to analyze and further develop.
- Develop new techniques for each dish as they become necessary.
- Facility Maintenance
- Work in conjunction with the Executive Chef and General Manager to ensure that all licenses are current and are posted properly.
- Work in conjunction with the Executive Chef and Maintenance Department to ensure that all equipment and facilities are maintained in accordance with building standards and basic service standards
- Maintain the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) documentation focusing on data entry and daily upholding of standards
- Administration
- Work in conjunction with Sous Chef in processing invoices properly.
- Continuously working on maintaining the cost of Food and Labor at a constant low percentage, daily, weekly, monthly and annually.
- Ensures that all B.O.H employees are clocked in and out correctly and that any missing time punches have been corrected based on the “clock in/out book”, communicating with GM.
- Ensuring that work schedule is finished and communicated in due time making any alterations, changes and finalization accordingly.
- Any major changes or outlooks must be communicated to the Executive Chef for approval and finalization outside of normal day to day protocol. This can be further shared to the General Manager.
Basta offers:
- Family meal, provided daily
- Flexible scheduling
- Health insurance benefits, plus dental and vision supplements to full-time employees (30 hours/week)
- An ethos that emphasizes work - home life balance for our employees
- A positive, employee centered culture that empowers employees to seek opportunities in the hospitality industry
- A culture of promoting from within; opportunities for advancement
Please submit a resume along with a summary of availability for consideration. We look forward to meeting you!
More about Basta: Founded in 2010 by Id Est Hospitality with an ethos around simplicity, comfort, and sustainable sourcing. Organized around an open kitchen with a single hearth, this small space has become a cornerstone of thoughtful and dynamic New American dining in Colorado. About IE Hospitality: Id Est Hospitality group, I.E. for short "an example of," is led by Chef Kelly Whitaker. We strive to be exemplary in the world of hospitality. We own and operate Basta, The Wolfs Tailor, Bruto, Dry Storage Bakehouse, and Dry Storage Mill. We are more than a food and beverage company, we want to be a movement. Inside our restaurants, we utilize high skill sets, strong work ethic, and passion to provide authentic restaurants that are creative, fun, relevant, and sustainable. We focus on creating restaurants with soul by acting with care, thought, and precision to ensure every moment and every touchpoint is done right. We hope that outside our walls, the greater community feels the influence of our work by drawing a connection between our internal excellence and our higher mission to impact people and the planet. EMBRACE LOVE. SHARE IT WITH EACH OTHER. OUR GUESTS. THE PLANET.
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Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time, Work from home, Flexible hours,