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About the Role

The Lead Cook oversees the rhythm, expo and quality of the premium broad product leaving the kitchen, ensuring food served meets or exceeds Bluestone Lane Café's Key Success Factor of Premium Broad Product and achieves ticket times of 10 minutes. This role is responsible for kitchen functions including food purchasing, receiving, preparation, and maintaining quality standards, safety, sanitation, and cleanliness, while setting expectations for kitchen team members to maximize productivity.

Responsibilities

• Expo product from kitchen to table ensuring proper presentation and premium broad product
• Manages the preparation, cooking and assembly of all food products
• Upholds the commitment to prep, cook and serve standard Bluestone Lane recipes
• Contributes positively to the team environment, working cohesively with the team to deliver exceptional experiences to locals
• Understands and consistently complies with standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen processes and procedures
• Works closely with front of house teammates to ensure accurate & efficient food orders to achieve food placement within 10 minutes of ordering
• Preps ingredients accordingly to prepare for peak trade and deliver 10-minute ticket times
• Builds relationships and works cohesively with the back of house & front of house teams to ensure a seamless experience for locals
• Communicates effectively with back of house and front of house teammates in order to understand and increase local satisfaction
• Manages food production to coordinate with meal serving hours so that excellence, quality, temperature and appearance of food are preserved
• Uses standard Bluestone Lane recipes for preparation and portioning of all products
• Stores food properly and safely, marking the date and item
• Maintains a clean and hygienic workstation area including tables, shelves, walls, grills, broilers, fryers, ovens, cooktops and refrigeration equipment
• Manages the ordering for all supplies for the kitchen
• Closes the kitchen properly and follows closing procedure for kitchen stations
• Oversees sanitation and hygiene in the kitchen
• Resolves equipment and food quality problems or product shortages in a timely manner, escalating to the General Manager & Market Kitchen Manager as required
• Maintains grooming & uniform guidelines
• Leads by example communicating effectively with Teammates – working together to service local efficiently and effectively
• Consistently delivers Key Success Factor Premium Broad Product
• Achieves operational goals of 10-minute ticket times
• Ensures DOH and food safety compliance

Requirements

• Minimum two years’ prep/line cook experience, preferably in a high-volume cafe environment
• Minimum one years’ supervisory experience in a kitchen environment
• DOH accreditation or Safe Serve Certified
• Strong interpersonal, leadership and English verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead, communicate and train team members
• Well-organized and detail oriented
• A team player and have proven experience working on a team to achieve great performance
• Can work in a high stress, fast paced work environment
• Can stand for extended periods and lift up to 50lbs

Skills

• Food purchasing
• Receiving
• Food preparation
• Quality standards maintenance
• Safety and sanitation
• Cleanliness
• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills
• English verbal communication
• Teamwork
• Organization
• Detail-oriented
• Working in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
• Standing for extended periods
• Lifting up to 50lbs

Location

• Kitchen environment

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Lead
• Minimum two years’ prep/line cook experience
• Minimum one years’ supervisory experience

Education Level

• DOH accreditation or Safe Serve Certified

About the Company

• Bluestone Lane Café