EXECUTIVE CHEF NEW RESTAURANT – BISTRO OPENING
EXECUTIVE CHEF
NEW RESTAURANT – BISTRO OPENING
EDMONTON, AB
Cutting edge, new contemporary Bistro Restaurant & licensed Café, embracing the need for a healthier diet and an increase in plant-based food menu in a beautiful modern setting.
This new Bistro Restaurant concept provides a healthy, innovative, high quality food menu, incorporating vegetarian, vegan and raw food modern cuisine. The kitchen focuses on seasonal sourced items including proteins and healthy alternatives.
This is an excellent Career opportunity for an enthusiastic, trend-conscious, professional Chef who understands the particular demands of this style of health food concepts, preferably with a background in nutrition and experience in Vegan & Vegetarian cuisine.
The foundation of this Bistro Restaurant is based on proprietary techniques and creative thinking applied to prepare increased plant-based cuisine that is both refined and healthful.
The ideal candidate leads a creative and cohesive culinary team, who shares a vision with the ownership and management team to launch this new restaurant bistro and continue to grow as a premiere healthy restaurant concept.
Short position description:
The Executive Chef reports directly to the owner, and is responsible to operate all aspects of the restaurant bistro’s daily culinary program and kitchen operations, including; the coordination of menus and meal preparation, maintaining food safety and high quality standards, maintaining training standards, daily/weekly ordering & inventory, menu costing, staff scheduling. This position executes and ensures a professional and high quality culinary product.
Future expansion is possible, to include a small healthy grocery, and potential for healthy cooking classes, and other locations.
Key Qualifications:
Culinary certification through a recognized institution preferred.
Minimum 3 years culinary management experience in fine & upscale/casual dining
Excellent culinary skills; including the ability to perform all functions in the culinary operation.
Possesses strong leadership and organizational skills, to execute and manage the new opening of this Restaurant concept.
Experienced and efficient in Food and Beverage Cost Controls, as well as developing, forecasting and analyzing financial budgets & reports..
Effective interpersonal skills, experience and ability to mentor, teach, supervise, motivate, monitor, encourage and support the advancement and continuity of staff.
Strong skills for and attention to delivering quality, following up on details, and completing tasks with a sense of urgency.
Experienced in-depth knowledge of vegan, vegetarian and other healthy, progressive and alternative cooking styles
Excellent Salary, Bonus and Excellent Working Conditions. Accommodation assistance provided.
If you are interested in applying, please send full resume VIA EMAIL.
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