Executive Chef - Garrison
On-siteAustin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Oversee daily culinary operations at Garrison, an award-winning Michelin Guide restaurant, by designing menus that showcase artistic talents and set industry trends. Lead the kitchen team through training, development, and motivation while ensuring food safety, inventory control, and optimal kitchen conditions. Make key operating decisions on F&B offerings, manage financial forecasts and budgets, and drive revenue growth via collaboration with marketing. Guarantee guest satisfaction scores and maintain department standards through active participation in leadership meetings and health & safety objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Creative, self-motivated, detail oriented and well organized
- Product and quality obsessed with good knowledge in menu engineering and design
- A team player with the ability to train, coach and motivate employees
- Experience leading a fast-paced culinary operation
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Previous experience scheduling of a large culinary team
- Understanding of labor costs and productivity
- Versed on calculation of food cost
- Experience with conducting food inventories
- Understanding of inventory turn-over
- Constant standing and walking throughout shift
- Frequent lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs
- Occasional kneeling, pushing, pulling
- Occasional ascending or descending ladders, stairs and ramps
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