The Resort at Paws Up is America’s premier luxury ranch resort. Set on a 37,000-acre ranch, Paws Up embodies the spirit of the American West with constant innovation and evolution to deliver the quintessential luxury experience for affluent and influential travelers from all over the world. It’s a family-owned and award-winning destination that truly inspires. We invite you to share your inspiring leadership and outdoor cooking expertise with us leading our glamping culinary team all while learning new skills from our own Chefs whose culinary journeys have taken them around the world and from legendary chefs who share their talents at our special events. The role of the Executive Chef - Glamping is to assist in overseeing, supervising, and coordinating food production and execution for the Glamping culinary operations at The Resort at Paws Up. The Primary Functions are:
Supervise culinary team members of multiple culinary outlets to ensure that methods of cooking, garnishing and portion sizes are as prescribed by recipes and adhered to consistently.
Exhibit culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the team members and managing all food related functions.
Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
Identify and communicate production needs to culinary team members.
Meet daily with Executive Chef and Sous Chefs to coordinate and ensure production standards, determine specials, employee meals, review outlet/event personnel needs and issues, etc.
Conduct daily shift meetings with the culinary team.
Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions.
Estimate daily production needs on a weekly basis and communicate production needs to culinary team members.
Become proficient in all functions of Chef, Pastry Chef, Line Cook, Prep Cook, and Steward functions.
Assist in the development of menus and food items.
Work to continually improve guest dining satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.
Improve service by communicating and assisting to understand and guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
Submit future goals, operational improvements, and personnel management.
Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight of culinary team members; actively promote, train, coach, and recognize performance.
Interview, hire, train, and develop culinary team members.
Identify, address and document individual employee performance problems according to standard operating procedure.
Perform a daily “walk through” of inventory to prioritize product utilization.
Purchase and order of all food product and supplies for three Restaurant Outlets.
Manage culinary operations and ensure compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, sanitation, food standards and procedures.
Looking for Team Members with:
Certificate in culinary arts or relevant field
Minimum of 5+ years’ experience as a Lead Line Cook, Sous Chef or higher in a resort or fine dining setting
Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in Culinary Management
Knowledge of world class hospitality and service management
Proven ability to lead and manage a culinary team.
Valid State Driver’s License
Servsafe Certified
Team Members can look forward to:
401K (Discretionary)
Medical, Dental, Vision
Employee Assistance Program
Complimentary Lunch Provided
Referral Bonus (Get paid to recruit)
Carpool reimbursement $5-$20/Day
Employee Discounts on Merchandise
PTO – 9 Floating Holidays and 15 Personal
Opportunities for career development and advancement
Life Insurance, Long Term and Short-Term Disability
Check it out for yourself!
https://youtu.be/FvGzdXJubf8The Resort at Paws Up provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.