Culinary Experience Team Lead

Impact Kitchen•New York, NY

5d•$24•Onsite

About The Position

As a Culinary Experience Team Lead (CETL) at Impact Kitchen you set the culinary standard high and are passionate to ensure guests enjoy their experience through incredible food. You create delectable and consistent dishes for dine-in and take-out guests, support back of house operations and partner with your Guest Experience counterparts on the team. You are an integral team member as you prepare a variety of beverages to high standards and with a quick turn around. Culinary Experience Team Leads are highly flexible individuals responsible for dishwashing, preparing and working both Hot and Cold line kitchen stations supporting Impact Kitchen’s breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menu. As proper food handling, food safety, and consistent recipe preparation are all vital to this position, a primary role of the CETL position is to support the leadership of business success through an engaged team while monitoring sanitation, food quality, and food freshness. This position is highly physical; therefore, individuals must possess a strong level of physical stamina. Ideal candidates are efficient, flexible, possess superior time management skills, are team players, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. As an Impact Kitchen Culinary Experience Team Lead you are a developing expert in your niche and are the teams go-to resource when it comes to all things culinary experience. You are a trainer and facilitate coaching and knowledge transfer instinctually. You aim to see your team succeed and support management with the successful operation of the business. This role has keys to our restaurant and leads by example with every action. The natural progression from this role is to Culinary Experience Manager.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year of kitchen experience with a general understanding of cooking and cleaning fundamentals and practices
1 - 5 years of team leadership experience
Interest in coaching and developing others
Strong understanding of food safety and public health practices
Ability to execute and thrive in a fast-paced environment
Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to multitask when required
Ability to communicate effectively, and respectfully and work well with others in a team-based setting
Be able to work in a standing position for extended periods
Availability to work days, evenings, and weekends as business demands. A commitment of at least 5 days per week and 30-40 hours per week is required.
Ability to lift up to 50 LBS
Work Permit required

Nice To Haves

Food Handlers Certification

Responsibilities

Leading and training the Culinary Experience Team.
Ensuring a best-in-class experience for new hires on their first day and during training.
Preparation, production and execution of menu items and food quality standards according to detailed recipes and instructions
Operation and maintenance of dishwashing unit and dish-cleaning areas
Ability to execute other custodial duties as needed
Receiving and storage of deliveries as related to the commissary kitchen and 3rd party suppliers
Effective storage, management, and safe rotation (FIFO) of all products
Cleaning, sanitation and maintenance of kitchen equipment and food production spaces
Strict adherence to company, municipal and provincial guidelines as they are related to food safety and safe workplace environments