Culinary Operations Director

3 days ago


Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom Blue Shock Recruitment Solutions Full time

About Us: Blue Shock Recruitment Solutions is a leading executive search firm specializing in recruiting top talent for the restaurant, hospitality, and food service sectors in Canada and the US. Our team of experts has over 200 years of combined experience driving sustainable growth and vitality in the industry.

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Culinary Operations Director to oversee the culinary operations of our restaurant, ensuring excellent leadership and execution of food quality, cleanliness, and team morale. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing large culinary teams, inventory, and food costs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leadership and Training: Provide exceptional leadership, training, and morale to a large culinary crew.
  • Food Preparation: Prepare and cook a variety of dishes with excellence in taste, presentation, and quality, following recipes, portion control, and maintaining consistency in preparation and cooking processes.
  • Sales and Profitability: Manage sales forecasts and profit budgets, identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
  • Inventory and Scheduling: Expertly manage inventory, inventory management, and scheduling to ensure seamless operations.
  • Reporting and Compliance: Submit periodic weekly and monthly reporting on labour, food, and controllable kitchen and restaurant costs to budget, ensuring compliance with government health and safety standards.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Previous Experience: Proven experience managing a large culinary team in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, preferably in a premium casual or fine dining restaurant.
  • Food Safety Certification: Food Safe Certified.
  • Leadership Skills: Proven leadership skills, including people development, motivation, technical culinary skills training, policy, and procedure management, time management, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, including self-motivation, positive energy, excellent written and verbal communication skills, administration skills, adaptability, flexibility, dependability, attendance, and appearance.

Other Key Attributes:

  • Highly Organized: Highly organized and able to remain calm and make effective decisions in stressful situations.
  • Red Seal Certification: Red Seal Chef Certification is an asset.
  • Continuous Improvement: Personal commitment to continuous improvement and ambassadorship of the company philosophy.

Job ID: #J-18808-Ljbffr



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