Executive Chef (PAID)
ORGANIZATION: Project Feast
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Project Feast seeks to hire an Executive Chef to supervise our apprentices, provide instruction in the classroom and kitchen, and manage our food production and kitchen on an ongoing basis. The Project Feast Executive Chef plays a lead role in our kitchen and related activities and programs. In this role, you have oversight for all activities in the kitchen as its manager. The position can start as 80% (32 hours/week) with an option to go full time or 40 hours a week as we expand our operations. Your job description includes the following roles:
Kitchen and Food Production Management
- You will oversee the team to produce food for the café and catering events. You will ensure that food is cooked following all required health department standards. You will also ensure that the food is properly packaged for pick up or delivery.
- You will manage the catering coordinator and cook and oversee the delivery, setup, service and clean-up for catering events. You will provide further instruction or correction to apprentices or kitchen/event staff as needed when managing the café kitchen.
- On an ongoing basis, you will be responsible for menu and recipe development and changes, ordering supplies and ingredients and tracking inventory, ensuring there is adequate staffing for food production and supervising the food production.
- You will help us manage our program and kitchen budget and find ways to grow our revenue through our café and catering and through new avenues for example wholesale production.
- You will work collaboratively with our Program Coordinator to select apprentices for our training program.
- You will provide majority of the hands-on lessons in the kitchen and café. You will provide some classroom instruction in collaboration with our Program Coordinator and instructors from Highline College. You may work with guest chefs and other food industry experts from time to time for teaching or facilitating segments of the curriculum.
- You will work collaboratively with our Program Coordinator to improve the curriculum and help to develop the evaluation criteria. You will provide regular evaluation for each program participant.
- You will lead the team of apprentices and graduate staff training and mentoring them to develop skills and confidence and reach their potential.
- In addition to teaching the skill or executing on the curriculum plans, you will communicate the work structure and expectations to the apprentices and kitchen staff. For instance, you may facilitate a huddle each morning explaining the expectations for the day and a debrief each afternoon for feedback, improvement opportunities etc.
- You will provide strategic input and direction to help build the training program and organization
- You will help identify apprentices with leadership potential and find ways to further develop them through providing staff positions or externships
- You will participate in weekly team meetings
- You are a strong chef with at least 5 years experience in a restaurant/institutional or catering setting and 2 years instructional experience
- You are passionate about working with refugees and immigrants. You have or are highly interested in developing your cross-cultural communication skills
- You are an effective instructor and have coached and mentored new hires in the kitchen helping people build confidence and reach their potential. You are able to work with them to build a solid foundation while holding them accountable for their learning and progress.
- You are empathetic and are curious about the lives of our participants, their cultures and cuisines.
- You understand how trauma can impact learning or are willing to learn
- You are able to stay calm and civil in stressful situations or when working under pressure and deadlines
- You can effectively coordinate with the kitchen and the program staff
- You have an understanding of nonprofit organizations or are willing to learn
- You are excited to work in an entrepreneurial setting and committed to contributing to the larger vision and growth of our organization
- You are personally and professionally committed to delivering high quality food and showcasing the talents of our refugee and immigrant cooks
- You are willing to work flexible hours when needed for catering or community events
- You are willing to adopt our values stated above and live them on a daily basis
- You have strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- You are invested in learning and growing yourself
- You seek to inspire and encourage others to learn and grow
- You have a problem solving mentality
- You are willing to work collaboratively with the Executive Director to find ways to grow the organization and the rest of the team to fulfill each part of our mission
- The salary starts at $48,000 for a full-time (40 hours/week) executive chef
- Our work hours are more reasonable than most restaurants
- There are many opportunities to learn other cuisines
- 20 days paid vacation a year (for full-time staff and proportional for part-time staff)
- There are no healthcare benefits offered currently
We HIGHLY encourage refugees, immigrants and women to apply. To apply please contact Veena Prasad at veena@projectfeast.org with your resume as well as why you are interested in this position.
More opportunities with Project Feast
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Project Feast
Location:
202 W Gowe St, Kent, WA 98032, US
Mission Statement
Project Feast's mission is to transform the lives of refugees and immigrants by providing pathways to sustainable employment in the food industry and to enrich communities through intercultural exchange.
Description
As a small team, we appreciate the help of our dedicated volunteers. If you do not see a volunteer position that is a good fit, please contact us with your a description of your skills and experience that you would like to contribute to our team.
At Project Feast, food brings people to the table, transforms lives, and fosters mutual understandings across diverse cultures. We believe that immigrants and refugees possess incomparable wisdom, skills and knowledge to contribute to our communities.
Washington State welcomes thousands of refugees and immigrants every year. Too often our immigrant and refugee communities feel marginalized as opportunities to prosper remain out of reach. As a result, an alarming number of new immigrants and refugees from these countries suffer higher levels of unemployment and earn far less than their native-born counterparts, making it a challenge to support their families.
Not only do we empower amazing cooks from around the globe by equipping them with the hands-on culinary training to gain their footing in the food industry, we also connect them to opportunities to make a living and share their wealth of food knowledge with our greater Seattle community. In the process, our participants become deeply integrated into local communities and economies.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
202 W Gowe StKent, WA 98032
DATE POSTED
January 17, 2018
SKILLS
- Cooking / Catering
- Teaching / Instruction
- Strategic Planning
- Cross-cultural Communication
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Food Service
GOOD FOR
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REQUIREMENTS
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