Executive Chef - Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center Pasco

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Executive Chef - Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center Pasco Description The  Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center Pasco is looking for an Executive Chef. The Executive Chef is responsible for all culinary activities for the restaurants and catering of banquet rooms. This position will oversee all activity in the kitchen, train personnel, plan menus, help coordinate product purchasing and culinary budget.

Responsibilities
** Essential Functions
** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Make periodic and regular inspections of units to observe quality of food preparation and service; food appearance; and cleanliness and sanitation of production and service areas, equipment and employee appearance.
2. Coordinate all training activities for kitchen and service employees, including the identification and analysis of training needs and the design and implementation of programs to address these deficiencies.
3. Develop recipes and portion specifications in accordance with consumer tastes, nutritional needs, product specifications, ease of preparation and established procedures and budgetary constraints; participate in other menu planning activities to include the determination of purchasing specifications, product and recipe testing and menu development.
4. Maintain inventory by estimating food consumption and purchase food and non-food items necessary for kitchen operation.
5. Oversee production of banquet food operations.
6. Assist operation managers as requested in areas such as plate presentation, special function menu planning and the design of new service areas.
7. Prepare operational reports and analysis setting forth progress and adverse trends and make appropriate recommendations.
8. Work Line Cook shifts as needed to fill employee vacancies, keeping skills up, observing Line Cook issues firsthand, and for knowledge to be able to train new cooks on all shifts.
9. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
** Competencies
* * 1. Strategic Thinking.
2. Business Acumen.
3. Thoroughness.
4. Leadership.
5. Communication Proficiency.
6. Presentation Skills.
** Work Environment
** The work environment can be loud and busy. There are many kitchen hazards such as hot surfaces and liquids, sharp knives, and slippery floors.
** Physical Demands
** The employee is required to stand for long periods as well as walk, bend and stoop. The position requires working taste buds, ability to smell, feel with fingers and visually inspect, including close and distance vision. The position requires ability to use arms, hands and manipulate fingers to reach, stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, decorate, etc.

Experience Five years of progressive experience in high-volume food production or catering, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.
** Preferred

Education and Experience
** 1. Bachelor's degree with major concentration in food preparation, management, nutrition or related field.
2. Formal Culinary Art Training.
3. Prior experience training, purchasing and managing budgets.

Education Bachelor's degree with major concentration in food preparation, management, nutrition or related field, or combination of experience and education.

Formal Culinary Art Training.

Job Benefits We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and many other perks!

Job Location
2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA, 99301, USADear Candidate,The Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center Pasco would like to personally thank you for applying for the position.

We screen all our applicants and will select candidates whose qualifications meet our requirements for this position. We do ask that you please be patient with us as we carefully review all resumes and reach out to candidates. Please no phone inquiries.

If you are selected to continue in the recruitment process, we will contact you by phone to schedule an interview. If your qualifications do not meet the needs of the position, we will update you and keep your resume on file for future opportunities that match your skills and qualification.

We wish you every success!

Thank you,Human Resources
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