Omni Hotels

Executive Chef

Omni Hotels • $80K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Executive Chef kitchen management
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
  • Preferred experience in a union environment
  • Experience in high-volume hotel operations
  • Demonstrated culinary creativity through cooking tests
  • Strong knowledge of food cost management and inventories
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfortable engaging with guests and leading meetings
  • Proven leadership and mentoring abilities

Responsibilities

  • Assist hotel management with budgeting and cost control
  • Collaborate with food and beverage managers on market strategies
  • Plan and implement menu design with the general manager
  • Ensure guest satisfaction through effective kitchen operations
  • Work with purchasing and finance teams to maintain standards
  • Evaluate product quality and manage food waste
  • Forecast food quantities to optimize profitability
  • Inspect food service sections to uphold quality standards
  • Control equipment maintenance and scheduling
  • Promote in-house sales activities and culinary events
  • Organize and manage kitchen staff scheduling and training
  • Stay updated on culinary trends and competitor offerings
  • Conduct interviews and recruit kitchen staff
  • Establish efficient office procedures for menu and correspondence management
  • Participate in departmental meetings and critical path tasks

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Engagement in culinary festivals and competitions
  • Dynamic work environment in a high-volume hotel
  • Collaboration with a diverse team of food and beverage professionals
  • Access to local and international culinary trends
Full Job Description
Omni Shoreham Hotel

Executive Chef

Overview:

The executive chef embraces the local food scene and creates a memorable dining experience for guests of the hotel. As the leader of the food & beverage programming at the hotel, the executive chef is responsible for managing all aspects of the kitchen for multiple unique dining outlets.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist the hotel manager and, at times, the general manager, in budgeting i.e. food cost/payroll/etc.


  • When agreed, control all overheads/achieve food cost budget throughout the oncoming year/report all variances from actual budget with the reasons and recommendations for remedial action.


  • Collaborate with other food and beverage department managers on the market potential for food outlets relating to the market competitors and the availability of the product.


  • In conjunction with the hotel general manager, plan and implement menu design, creating suitable dishes and passing standards recipes to the food & beverage controller for costing.


  • Ensure guest satisfaction with the smooth and effective running of the day-to-day operation.


  • Work closely with the purchasing manager and hotel finance team to establish and maintain control of the standards for purchasing and receiving items.


  • Test and evaluate products for quality, paying particular attention to yield/holding qualities/market price/wastage usage of leftovers.


  • Control requisitioning of food quantities, by forecasting volume, to achieve maximum profitability by avoiding over/under production.


  • Constantly inspect all food service sections during service time to ensure that the correct standards are maintained.


  • Responsible for control of equipment and scheduling maintenance.


  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of local and international market trends in order to create food products which satisfy guest needs, thereby maximizing sales opportunities in food outlets and an up-to-date knowledge of competitor's food production/offering.


  • Assist in the promotion of in-house sales activities, such as culinary festivals, chef specialties and culinary competitions.


  • Plan/organize/control the efficient and effective utilization of all food production staff, especially in scheduling and controlling overtime.


  • Interview/recruit suitable staff for the operation, in conjunction with director of operations, personnel and the hotel general manager.


  • Oversee the training/development of all kitchen staff by ensuring that effective on and off the job training is carried out.


  • Stay aware of state legislation in employment and industrial relations.


  • Establish effective and efficient office procedures in handling daily menus/banquet menus/purchase requirements/general correspondence/filing and records.


  • Perform all duties applicable to a department manager within the hotel.


  • Actively participate in the critical path task sheet for the food and beverage department.


  • Conduct/attend all required department meetings.


Qualifications:

  • Candidate must have at least 5 years' experience in an Executive Chef kitchen management capacity and excellent knowledge of current culinary trends.


  • Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent.


  • Union environment experience preferred.


  • Experience in high volume hotel business, preferred


  • Must be competent in culinary creativity as demonstrated by cooking test.


  • Strong knowledge of food cost and inventories.


  • Must possess the ability to handle stressful and busy hotel operations.


  • Candidate must have good knowledge of computers (i.e.: Excel & Word).


  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.


  • Candidate must be comfortable speaking to guests and conducting meetings.


  • Candidate must be a leader and a mentor.


About Omni Hotels

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an American privately held, international luxury hotel company based in Dallas, Texas. The company was founded in 1958 as Dunfey Hotels, and operates 60 properties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, totaling over 20,000 rooms and employing more than 23,000 people. The company is owned by Robert Rowling's TRT Holdings, who bought the company in 1996 from World International Holdings, Ltd. (WORLDHOTELS).
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