Culinary Manager/Smithville Culinary Team Leader

The Sayre Hospitality Group, Inc., and its family of companies, is excited to announce our search for a Culinary Manager, who will work as a culinary leader for our brand, Village Catering.

Responsibilities include:

• Understanding and applying all food and health safety standards
• Coordinating and supervising the culinary and kitchen staffs according to food and health safety standards
• Leading the kitchen staff in the preparation of various foods, menu items and special dishes
• Adhering to company recipes
• Performing quality control processes 
• Maintaining adequate food and supplies inventory to keep up with demand
• Ensuring all culinary and kitchen teams maintain clean and organized kitchens and holding all kitchen team members to the high level of cleanliness & organization expected in a Sayre Hospitality Group, Inc., kitchen
• Addressing concerns expressed by kitchen staff
• Elevating serious concerns to Upper Management and/or Human Resources
• Tracking kitchen finances to identity areas of potential savings and waste
• Managing flow of culinary job files by reviewing and assigning culinary job files and delegating culinary responsibilities as needed.

Requirements include:

• Restaurant experience is expected, although formal training/education is not required
• Team player
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively train new employees and administer performance evaluations to each kitchen team member
• Ability to work in high pressure situations while setting the example for kitchen team members
• Creating an inviting, welcoming and pleasant kitchen work environment for team members
• Effective interpersonal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Conflict resolution skills

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Employee Discount, Paid Time Off

Shift: Predominantly First-shift, weekdays with weekends as needed