Hotel Blackhawk, a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, located in downtown Davenport, Iowa; is looking for an Executive Chef to lead our Cooks, Sous Chef, and entire BOH team. Our new Chef will possess strong leadership skills and have familiarity with fine dining, menu development, food cost control, sanitation regulations, a passion for cooking, confidence in self, critical thinking skills and time management experience.
OHER ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Culinary Tasks: 40%
- Preparing food as dictated by the menu, guest or party request, or management request in a clean, safe, and timely manner
- Assist on line during heavy meal times
- Monitors the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met
- Determines how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays
- Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards
Managerial Tasks: 40%
- Provides direction for all day-to-day operations
- Recruit, hire, and train culinary staff
- Impose disciplinary action when necessary
- Conducts annual performance reviews for all culinary staff
Guest Services: 15%
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels
- Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints
- Observes service behaviors of employees and provides feedback to individuals and managers
Administrative Tasks: 5%
- Keep a clean work area according to health and kitchen standards
- Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently
- Manage inventory of all back of the house kitchen items
- Create and implement new menu items
- Maintain a low labor cost
- Schedule all culinary employees based on occupancy, events, and employee status
- Attend all BEO, F&B, Culinary, and staff meetings
- Participate in required M.O.D. coverage as scheduled
- Establishes goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
BENEFITS:
401K, Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Life Insurance, PTO, Travel Discount, Meal Discount, Holiday Pay, Supplemental Insurances