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About the Role
The Chef de Cuisine, Culinary Operations will be tasked with food quality assessment and freelance culinary staff performance evaluation. This role will report directly to the Executive Chef, Off-Premise Catered Events. The Culinary Ops CDC will also provide auxiliary support and oversight to onsite freelance chefs to ensure smooth event execution while meeting all benchmarks for client satisfaction and quality control.
Responsibilities
- Coach and mentor freelance culinary staff, providing ongoing guidance, support, and professional development to strengthen performance and maintain GP culinary standards.
- Show up to events unannounced to check on food quality, prep, and cooking techniques to ensure the freshest product and consistency.
- Work with Lead Chefs, Proofers, and HDV Cooks to ensure that GP standards of quality and execution are being adhered to, and hold team members accountable when they are not performing up to standards.
- Assist in training new staff, up-and-coming Lead Chefs, and department cooks.
- Collaborate with the Executive Chef, Off-Premise Catered Events to determine the schedule of events each week, review onsite SOPs, and determine and implement necessary changes.
- Assist in determining which freelance staff members are deserving of a promotion, demotion, or other changes to their event profiles.
- During the off-season, provide venue coverage when Venue Chefs take vacation or other time off, as well as lead chef events where possible to help reduce freelance labor when appropriate.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of culinary experience, with at least 3 years in a management or leadership role.
- Fine dining restaurant experience preferred.
- Flexibility in schedule, with the ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and stand for extended periods of up to 8 hours.
- Knowledge of food safety, sanitation standards, and kitchen operations best practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Excel.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
- Excellent organizational, multitasking, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with culinary, service, and leadership teams.
- Professional demeanor with a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
- Must be able to provide valid documentation that you are legally eligible to work in the United States.
Skills
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Team development
- Organizational skills
- Multitasking
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
Location
- Multiple Sites
Work Type
- Full Time
- On-Site
Experience Level
- 8 years of culinary experience
- 3 years in a management or leadership role
Education Level
- NYC Food Protection Certificate preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000 - $110,000 per year
Benefits
- Vacation time
- 401(k)
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Transit benefits
- Paid and unpaid safe and sick time
- FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
About the Company
- From innovative menus and striking design to impeccable service and critical attention to detail, at Great Performances, we weave our mission into all we do.
- Serving New York City for over four decades, this New York–based company has evolved from a small waitress-staffing agency into one of the leading catering, events, and hospitality companies in the greater New York area.
- We provide food services in an array of celebrated New York City cultural institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wave Hill, and The Apollo Theater.
- We are known for full-service catering and events, corporate workplace dining and amenity programs, and large-scale event and festival production.
- Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate an organic farm, Katchkie Farm located in Kinderhook, NY.
- Progressive from the start, we consistently set the pace for industry best practices.
- Our Mission: Unleash Joy through Genuine Hospitality
- Our Vision: Building Community to Better Our World
- Our Core Values: Craftsmanship, People, Sustainability, Collaboration, Doing Good through Food.
Equal Opportunity
- Great Performances is an equal opportunity employer.
- At Great Performances we employ qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience.
- Great Performances does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based on race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.