Culinary Supervisor | Full-Time | McCormick Place Convention Center

Oak View Group•Chicago, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. OVG, the leading food service provider located at McCormick Place Convention Center, has an immediate opening for a Culinary Supervisor. This position reports to the Executive Chef with responsibilities to include purchasing, inventory control, scheduling and managing culinary staff, food safety program, cost of goods accountability, labor management, food production, and quality control. This role pays an hourly rate of $30.00-$32.00.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
2-3 years of hands-on experience in a kitchen supervisor role
Ability to use and maintain basic food service and kitchen equipment
Ability to train others in the use of basic food service and kitchen equipment
Strong communication skills
Ability to interact with all levels of staff, including leadership
Ability to work with subordinates in a respectful, yet educational manner
Ability to problem solve

Nice To Haves

Certificate from accredited culinary school, college or technical school is preferred

Responsibilities

Trains new and existing cooks on food preparation with an emphasis on baking and cold preparation
Supports cooks by giving verbal guidance as well as physically cooking, baking and preparing food to teach, train and demonstrate
Supervises cooks to ensure quality, compliance and portion & production demand
Assist in the implementation of daily HACCP forms and reinforces the importance
Assist in creation of daily production sheets, standardized recipes and waste reports
Supervises and supports BOH composting and recycling
Reviews menus, analyzes recipes, and determines food, labor, and overhead costs
Works hand in hand with cooks and bakers to guaranty the highest quality product
Supports the Bakery with training of standardized recipes and skillful baking techniques
And other duties as assigned
Directly supervises Kitchen personnel
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with OVG's policies and applicable laws
Responsibilities include training and assisting employees in daily food preparation operations
Provide cooks the proper tools to complete their jobs to a high level of quality
Retrain cooks on proper cooking fundamentals if need be
Disciplining in coordination with Chefs and OVG's HR Department