JOB SUMMARY

The Homestead Resort & Golf Club is undergoing exciting and extensive renovations of all areas, so the Chef & B should expect to work in a changing environment with a mix of existing and newer outlets until the full completion of the renovation. The main restaurant has not yet been renovated, but plans are to build a new restaurant. The Chef & B will be responsible to reimagine the existing restaurant to ensure guests at the hotel staying in brand new rooms and the local community have an incredible experience in our well-known restaurant Simons, which has been here for over 100 years. The Banquet space has all been renovated, so ensuring high-quality food matches the new meeting space is crucial. The Milk House, our new ice cream and coffee shop, has just opened and will be under the direction of the Chef & B, serving fresh pastries, house-made ice cream, and great coffee. 1886, our brand new golf course and pool grill, will be opening in May 2023, so assisting in the development of new menus, understanding smoking, and BBQ, and training the staff with this new outlet will be a priority.

As the Chef & B, you will fill a vital role by directing and supervising food preparation for all food outlets of the hotel and ensures the highest-level quality and consistency as relates to food handling, food quality and food presentations while maintaining established operational standards. You will also fill a leadership role in supporting the resort's financial goals by assisting in the daily operations of the restaurant and/or other areas of the Food and Beverage and Banquet departments. You will ensure the highest quality of product and service standards to ensure guest satisfaction and maximize revenues and profitability. This position reports to the General Manager.

BENEFITS

FULL-TIME TEAM MEMBER BENEFITS

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• Accident & Critical Illness insurance
• Paid time off for vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching

FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME TEAM MEMBERS BENEFITS

• Complimentary employee lunch!
• Free golf!
• Friends & Family Discount at Homestead
• Eligible to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring promptness, freshness, and quality of dishes.
• Coordinating cooks' tasks.
• Implementing hygiene policies and examining equipment for cleanliness.
• Designing new recipes, planning menus, and selecting plate presentations.
• Performing administrative tasks, taking stock of food and equipment supplies, and doing purchase orders.
• Setting and monitoring performance standards for staff.
• Obtaining feedback on food and service quality, and handling customer problems and complaints.
• Assisting in the design and creation of several new F&B outlets
• Participate in event client tastings and presentations and interact with guests
• Creating an overall vision and plan for the restaurant
• Designing innovative restaurant menus to suit the theme of the restaurant
• Designing new dishes to fit the menu and keeping customers returning to try new dishes
• Developing menus and item pricing
• Sourcing unique ingredients for the menus
• Display exceptional leadership by providing a positive work environment, counseling employees as appropriate, and demonstrating a dedicated and professional approach to management.
• Able to perform additional duties as requested by the hotel management as and when required.
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to hotel operational Standard and Management Policy.
• Actively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
• Ensure proper purchasing, receiving, and food storage standards in the kitchen.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations, and flavour.
• Organizing, employing, training new staff, and motivating staff in the kitchen and on the restaurant floor
• Purchasing food and supplies from vendors approved by the company

• Pricing out and creating specialized menus for clients, such as a revised menu for a wedding
• Be incredibly friendly, customer centric, love to smile and radiate a positive and accommodating attitude while interacting with customers.
• Creates and plans all meals and menus for the restaurant/s, outlet/s and catered events.
• Expedite peak meal periods by maintaining a \hands on\ approach.
• Works within monthly set food cost budget, adjust food requisitions and controls waste.
• Monitors food outlets, buffets, stations and food displays for creativity, quality, cleanliness and food safety.
• Assures timely set up, schedules well trained cooks in all areas in proper uniform.
• Assists the food and beverage services for conventions and group activities at the hotel and coordinates with other hotel-level departments to facilitate services agreed upon by the sales office and prospective clients.
• Works frequently with subordinates in the Food and Beverage Department to ensure all aspects of business are running smoothly and on schedules to improve existing practices and services both in the front of the house and the back of the house.
• Communicates financial information to the General Manager, including up-to-date budget information and revenue growth programs formulated through short term and long term operational and financial plans for the food and beverage department.
• Achieves budgeted revenues, controls cost (which includes labor, food, maintenance, etc.) and maximizes profitability related to the facility operations.
• Inspects restaurant and outlets daily to ensure high quality food and food presentation, cleanliness and side work duties completed. Maintain follow-through of all guest requests, problems, complaints and/or accidents which occur in the Restaurant, Room Service, or Banquets.
• Assist Department Head/General Manager to ensure training of all Food and Beverage/Banquet personnel using the steps to effective training according to Homestead Resort's standards.
• Assist Department Head/General Manager to schedule employees at proper staffing levels; watches labor cost daily to ensure efficiency in scheduling.
• Participates in monthly inventories. Initiates programs to reduce breakage and loss in China, Glass and Silver.
• Assists in the aggressive recruitment of staff department using company hiring standards (i.e. behavioral questioning, reference checks, evaluations and team interviews).
• Conducts pre-shift meetings to inform staff of daily events; ensures staff is prepared, organized and delivers high standards of service.
• Assist Department Head/General Manager in developing and ensure implementation of Food and Beverage promotional ideas.
• Provides a professional image at all times through appearance and dress.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Proficient knowledge of human resources management.
• Comfortable meeting with and presenting food to high-end clients such as wedding planners and corporate clients
• Excellent knowledge of BOH systems, ordering, and inventory.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Available to work on-call, shifts, after hours, over weekends, and on public holidays.

EXPERIENCE

• Have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a Supervisory in Food and Beverage Department.
• Have 5 or more years of progressive experience in Hotel Food & Beverage experience or other successful F&B service industry; or a Culinary Degree with 3 or more years of progressive experience in Hotel Food & Beverage experience or other successful F&B service industry.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Frequent or occasional need to perform the following physical activities: reaching, bending/ kneeling, pushing, pulling, twisting, lifting, and climbing. Frequent need to perform standing and walking activities related to food preparation.
• A constant need to perform the following physical activities: grasping, turning, and finger dexterity.
• Ability to stand and walk for up to 8 hours.
• Lifting/carrying up to 10-50lbs. frequently.

The Homestead Resort & Golf Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Dating back to 1886, the Homestead Resort & Golf Club is a historical and unique hotel with years of history in the making. The resort includes a golf course, 127 guest rooms and suites, and a crater that is 65 feet deep and naturally filled with mineral water that continuously flows at 96 degrees year round. This crater has become a very well known attraction around the world and is a top spot for taking a mineral water soak, doing paddle board yoga or scuba dive certification.
The entire resort is undergoing a rebranding and renovation of all guest rooms, food outlets, golf course, landscape, pools, spa and much more, and the excitement is palpable.
Working with our team allows for great experience today in an everchanging environment with the rebranding and renovation, and will be followed by a consistently beautiful resort with all new amenities that will be one of the top resorts for a guest to visit.
We are building an incredible team to be a part of this project, and offer positions in all areas from the golf course, banquets, room operations and food & beverage to accounting, human resources, sales and events management.. We can't wait to meet you!

Pay: $85000 - $105000 / year

Supplemental pay:

• Bonus pay
• Safety bonus

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Other

Job types: Full-time

Schedule:

• Weekend availability
• On call
• Holidays
• Day shift
• Night shift

Education: Associate's degree

Work location: On-site