Executive Chef

The Executive Chef is the driving force behind all culinary consistency and advancement within the local market. You must have experience in multi-outlets or similar environment as well as a full understanding and passion to the latest food trends and competitors. The focus of the Executive Chef will be to keep the culinary team at the top of innovation while maintaining daily operations to meet financial goals.

What you’ll do… 

• Maintain the quality of food products and ensure consistency in food delivery and standards. Ensure guest satisfaction score goals are achieved and/or exceeded.
• Ensure the food product that is presented to guests is enhanced. Make changes that respond to the marketplace and to guests’ needs, both present and anticipated. Recommend changes to the food product. Use market research to develop new products.
• Responsible for the financial management of the operation including controlling the elements that determine profit and loss, all major operating expenses, set margins and manage the business against projections.
• Budget development and ongoing budget management. Ensure that costs and inventory are controlled, and productivity and performance levels are attained.
• Provide support of a specialist nature to the Executive Committee, particularly to the Director of Food & Beverage.  Work in support of team goals and measure effectiveness through the Food and Beverage profit and service performance of the hotel.
• Select, train and develop all personnel within the department.  Able to exercise hire, discipline, personnel performance reviews and termination of employment discretion within Delano policies.
• Give direction and leadership and be responsible for the implementation of plans.
• Monitor effectiveness and introduce changes in response to the marketplace. Set targets, plan and schedule work and performance indicators that are typically productivity and efficiency measures.
• Consult with all hotel departments and head office team members as needed.
• Participate in long-range planning. Lead, support and make recommendations for ongoing hotel programs with continuous improvement in networking.
• Ensure preparation of required reports, including (but not limited to) Wage Progress, payroll, revenue, team member schedules, quarterly actions plans.
• Develop and implement departmental policies, health & safety, procedures, and other training programs.
• Oversee divisional matters as they relate to federal, state and local employment and civil rights laws.

What we’re looking for…

• 5+ years of management experience in an accredited restaurant or hotel with multi-outlets
• 3+ years in a public contact position, preferably in an upscale or lifestyle brand hotel
• You have a deep passion and knowledge of the food and beverage techniques, trends, and technology – who has their finger on the pulse in Miami and beyond
• Strong knowledge of health department rules and regulations, liquor laws and regulations
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