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Salary: $58,968.00 - $76,668.80 Annually
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2024-00196
Department: Food Service
Opening Date: 10/01/2024
Description of Position
Executive Chef
Hiring Range: $58,968 - $76,668.80
The Eatery at Yavapai College is dedicated to serving delicious meals that focus on local and seasonal ingredients, promote nutrition for academic and athletic performance, and prioritize sustainability in our food practices. We believe in providing students and staff with wholesome and nourishing meals that support their overall well-being.
We are seeking a highly experienced and creative Executive Chef to join our college food service team. This candidate will create new menu items, train and direct all kitchen staff, maintain quality control during meal preparation and service, and manage inventory and purchasing. Administrative duties include documenting food costs and meeting budget targets for kitchen supplies. This candidate must have proven success in the kitchen as a confident, effective, and efficient leader who can motivate and work collaboratively with kitchen staff and the culinary management team. This role is crucial in preparing and cooking meals that reflect our commitment to using local and seasonal ingredients, promoting nutrition for academic and athletic performance, and practicing sustainability in our culinary operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Developing unique and cuisine-appropriate menus
•Collaborating with the Manager Team to set item prices
•Staying current on developing trends in the restaurant industry
•Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
•Maintaining the kitchen and surrounding areas in conditions that meet the company standards and health code regulations
•Monitoring inventory and purchasing supplies and food from approved vendors
•Hiring, training, and supervising kitchen staff
•Assisting and directing kitchen staff in meal preparation, creation, plating, and delivery
•Identifying and introducing new culinary techniques
•Staying current with local, seasonal products and sustainable practices
•Preparing meals and completing prep support as needed
•Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
Minimum Expectations & Requirements
•Ability to work varying shifts including nights and weekends
•Degree in Culinary Arts and a minimum of 3 years experience or 5 years experience in the food service industry
•Accredited Food Protection Manager Certification
•Advanced culinary skills include food preparation, flavor pairings, and cooking best practices.
•Proficient in Computers and restaurant management software
•Time management and organization
•Exceptional leadership skills, including motivation and goal setting
•Current knowledge of trends in the restaurant industry, including local and sustainable resources
•In-depth knowledge of federal, state, and local food handling regulations
•Comfortable training, directing, and supervising kitchen staff
•Exceptional leadership skills, including motivation and goal setting
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
•Familiarity with the best practices in the food service industry
•Ability to develop unique recipes
Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:
HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2024-00196
Department: Food Service
Opening Date: 10/01/2024
Description of Position
Executive Chef
Hiring Range: $58,968 - $76,668.80
The Eatery at Yavapai College is dedicated to serving delicious meals that focus on local and seasonal ingredients, promote nutrition for academic and athletic performance, and prioritize sustainability in our food practices. We believe in providing students and staff with wholesome and nourishing meals that support their overall well-being.
We are seeking a highly experienced and creative Executive Chef to join our college food service team. This candidate will create new menu items, train and direct all kitchen staff, maintain quality control during meal preparation and service, and manage inventory and purchasing. Administrative duties include documenting food costs and meeting budget targets for kitchen supplies. This candidate must have proven success in the kitchen as a confident, effective, and efficient leader who can motivate and work collaboratively with kitchen staff and the culinary management team. This role is crucial in preparing and cooking meals that reflect our commitment to using local and seasonal ingredients, promoting nutrition for academic and athletic performance, and practicing sustainability in our culinary operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Developing unique and cuisine-appropriate menus
•Collaborating with the Manager Team to set item prices
•Staying current on developing trends in the restaurant industry
•Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel
•Maintaining the kitchen and surrounding areas in conditions that meet the company standards and health code regulations
•Monitoring inventory and purchasing supplies and food from approved vendors
•Hiring, training, and supervising kitchen staff
•Assisting and directing kitchen staff in meal preparation, creation, plating, and delivery
•Identifying and introducing new culinary techniques
•Staying current with local, seasonal products and sustainable practices
•Preparing meals and completing prep support as needed
•Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
Minimum Expectations & Requirements
•Ability to work varying shifts including nights and weekends
•Degree in Culinary Arts and a minimum of 3 years experience or 5 years experience in the food service industry
•Accredited Food Protection Manager Certification
•Advanced culinary skills include food preparation, flavor pairings, and cooking best practices.
•Proficient in Computers and restaurant management software
•Time management and organization
•Exceptional leadership skills, including motivation and goal setting
•Current knowledge of trends in the restaurant industry, including local and sustainable resources
•In-depth knowledge of federal, state, and local food handling regulations
•Comfortable training, directing, and supervising kitchen staff
•Exceptional leadership skills, including motivation and goal setting
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
•Familiarity with the best practices in the food service industry
•Ability to develop unique recipes
Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:
HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
- Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
- Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
- Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
- Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)
- Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
- Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
- Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits if covered wages meet requirements
- Vacation : 10 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
- Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
- Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
- Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, Winter/year end break (10 days), Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.
- Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
- Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
- Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
- Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff may enroll up to 6 hours; eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of course work without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market based additional fees
- Sabbatical: Faculty, professional and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Additional Benefits and Services: Bookstore discount, local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.