What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cafe Head Chef position at Poppy's?
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Poppy’s is a multifaceted hospitality brand with a mission to create simple, seasonal, beautiful approachable food. Using the highest quality ingredients professional service standards, Poppy’s has grown to include a community-focused cafe market, a full-service drop-off catering company an intimate event venue. We value creativity, collaboration work-life balance. Poppy's is a woman-owned operated business where we have created an environment supportive of collaboration, growth learning.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We’re seeking a Cafe Head Chef for our high-volume cafes markets located in Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights. Our cafe is supported by a lovely local community we serve primarily repeat customers. This is a fast-paced, collaborative ego-free environment.
The Cafe Head Chef serves as the liaison between the culinary teams the General Manager. This is a culinary role with some administrative responsibilities lots of learning opportunities. The right candidate is detail-oriented, organized passionate about Poppy’s seasonal and local food philosophy.
REQUIREMENTS
- 1-2 years of culinary management experience
- Ability to split time between both cafe locations and manage BOH staff
- Familiarity and focus on seasonal cooking and local produce
- Develop recipes for seasonal changes to our salad and sandwich menu 4-6 times per year and incorporate seasonal specials
- Ability to collaborate with the culinary team to craft seasonal menus and assist in the organization and planning of pop-up events and seasonal dinner series
- Responsible for all ordering for BOH some retail items
- Responsible for scheduling BOH cafe teams
- DOH food handler’s license required
- Coordinate and schedule maintenance
- Manage kitchen inspection calendar
- Communicate daily with our Culinary Director, the production team, and the delivery team to coordinate the transportation of inventory and products
- Strong administrative, organizational, and writing skills
- Assist in the kitchen daily to execute prep and assembly of items
- Assisting with training cooks on systems (i.e., labeling, organizing, consolidating, updating inventory, etc.)
- Some weekend availability is required
Compensation Benefits
- This is a full-time, salaried position
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance eligible for all full-time employees
- 2 weeks of paid vacation per year
Salary : $60,000 - $80,000