Private Executive Chef: $104k to $125k+ Bonus & Benefits

$104,000 to $125,000+ Benefits. DOE.
Up to 20% performance-based Bonus.
 
Job Type: 
Full Time, Part-Time

Work Hours: 
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

SUMMARY: 
English speaking, private Executive Chef who is able to use high-quality seasonal ingredients to prepare and cook healthy & delicious Asian fusion dishes, in a private home.  Take full charge of the culinary services for the family. This exciting position will allow for creativity, shaping of the food program and kitchen, and will be the perfect position for an organized chef looking to wear multiple hats. 

 
ESSENTIAL SKILLS: 
  • Set the tone for a creative and inspired kitchen. 
  • Understand, manage, and execute all aspects of food cost, budgeting, sourcing, menu development, and preparation.
  • Create weekly fresh and healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner menus using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients.
  • It is a mixture of responsibilities ranging from management as well as using creativity to create an amazing culinary experience for the family (the family has young children so you should also feel comfortable cooking healthy, but simpler meals for kids.)
  • Resourceful in understanding that menus must be tailored to specific dietary needs. 
  • Presentation is an important component of the meal and should be of fine-dining quality.
  • Maintain relationships with local and regional food purveyors.
  • Produce and maintain the highest food quality and operating procedures.
  • Assure the highest health, hygiene, sanitation, safety, and food storage standards.
  • Shop, order, and acquire food, supplies, and any necessary equipment for the kitchen.
  • Bakery skills to include fresh bread, cakes, and desserts. 
  • Excellent communication skills, positive attitude, accept direction and deliver the highest standards to meet the principal’s mealtime needs.
  • Low ego and be open to all feedback and improvements.
  • Menus prepared four weeks in advance with a great variety, for review and approval.
  • Comply with all office technological and operational requirements.
  • Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 3 hours at a time.
  • Ability to move about the workplace efficiently with care and consideration to noise and spatial awareness.
  • Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, the differences or similarities in intensity and quality of flavors or aromas.
  • Responsible for all shopping, restocking, and inventory management.
  • Maintain and monitor all kitchen wares and equipment.
  • Has a diverse experience with a variety of food styles.
  • A passion to produce consistently the highest level of personal professional service.
  • Genuine communication style that is respectful, effective and sincere.
  • Takes ownership, shows commitment, is responsible and can provide solutions.
  • Reliable, on time and able to meet deadlines.
  • Work well as a new member of a residence team whose members have great longevity with the family.
  • Results-oriented, able to meet and exceed goals and expectations.
 
JOB REQUIREMENTS: 
  • Minimum of 10+ years Chef experience & a Culinary Degree from a 4-year accredited college.
  • Food ServSafe certification.
  • Knowledge of California sanitation regulations.  
  • Ability to demonstrate quick thinking and adaptability in a constantly changing environment.
  • Flexibility to travel. 
  • Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch in order to retrieve and/or replenish merchandise and/or cooking equipment.
  • Ability to use hands to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise, in order to chop, whisk, slice, stir, juice and/or other techniques.
  • Ability to lift and/or move kitchen equipment weighing up to 40 lbs.
  • Environmental conditions: working with an open flame and/or other heating units, and exposure to variation in kitchen temperatures.
  • Ability to work on iPhone and Mac platforms as well as GoogleDocs and Google Calendar
  • Driver’s license with a clean driving record.
  • US work authorization.
  • Must pass extensive background, driving and credit checks.


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