About the position
Omni Nashville Hotel is excited to offer competitive wages and benefits, growth opportunities, paid time off, and hotel stay discounts! If you love hospitality, and have a passion to serve others then you'll love working with the Omni Nashville Hotel - apply today! The Kitchen Notes Kitchen Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating the overall operation of the culinary team within the Kitchen Notes outlet.
Responsibilities
- Utilize a hands-on approach to training and developing kitchen staff.
- Ability to instill safety and sanitation habits in all employees.
- Teach employees the importance of consistency in preparation and presentation.
- Thorough knowledge of food handling and preparation techniques.
- Ensure the level of quality, portion control, and plate presentation is adhered to consistently.
- Supervise daily food preparation for assigned areas.
- Prep, stock, and rotate line to ensure ample supply of products is maintained.
- Work closely with wait staff to exceed guest expectations.
- Supervise the preparation of all items on prep list following standard procedures.
- Always maintain high quality, inspect all food products for quality when working on prep list and service line.
- Check portion control, weights and counts prior to function.
- Fire all food for service and to serve online.
- Maintain/check cooking times and temperatures.
- Follow all storage procedures when taking food out of walk-in and when returning food to walk-in.
- Always maintain cleanliness of work area.
- Keep walk-in, prep area and equipment up to Health Department and EcoSure standards at all time.
- Prepares all food items according to standard recipes and as specified on guest check, to ensure consistency of product.
- Visually inspects, selects, and uses only food items of the highest standard in the preparation of all menu items.
- Checks and controls the proper storage of product, checking on portion control, especially in specific cuts of meat, to maintain quality product.
- Keeps all refrigeration, equipment, and storage and working areas in clean, working condition to comply with health department regulation.
Requirements
- Candidate is required to have at least 2 years culinary experience in a hotel or restaurant kitchen.
- Previous kitchen supervisory experience, preferred.
- Candidate must have proven culinary skills and must be able to lead, develop, and motivate staff.
- Ability to teach employees importance of, and how to interact with internal/external guests and courteously solve internal requests.
- Ensure that all health standards are consistently maintained.
- Ensure all safety and security policies and procedures are followed.
- Ability to train a staff to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
- Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking in a high-volume restaurant.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as organizational skills.
- Candidate must be creative and up to speed on new concepts and food trends.
- Must have basic mathematical skills and be able to adhere to recipes.
- Must work well with others and be able to effectively train culinary staff.
- Self-motivated, and ability to work with limited supervision.
- Ability to write and perform daily prep list and par sheets.
- Requires a working knowledge of sanitation standards.
- Eye/hand coordination needed to use all kitchen equipment.
- Highly motivated self-starter focused on quality, organization, cleanliness, and teamwork.
- The ability to work in a fast-paced high-pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks and assignments.
- Ability to prioritize, organize and follow up.
- Ability to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards.
- Culinary degree and/or formal training preferred.
- Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc.) and taste/smell.
- Maintain a professional business appearance, attitude, and performance.
- Flexible schedule to include nights, weekends, and holidays.
- The ability to lift up to 40 lbs., push/pull up to 50 lbs., and stand for long periods of time.
- Stand or walk for an extended period or for an entire work shift.
- Requires repetitive motion with both hands and occasional bending/stooping/kneeling.
Benefits
- Competitive wages
- Growth opportunities
- Paid time off
- Hotel stay discounts
