Job description

Venue Description

The James Beard Foundation PLATFORM is a mission-centered showcase kitchen, event, dining and culinary demonstration space, as well as a vendor kiosk featuring a rotating calendar of visiting guest chefs. PLATFORM, which includes event space for up to 80 guests, is situated within the new Pier 57 Food Hall, home to 17 additional culinary kiosk vendors serving as an incubator for local small businesses and food entrepreneurs aligned with the Foundation’s mission of championing a standard of good food anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.

James Beard Foundation

The James Beard Foundation promotes Good Food For Good™. For more than 30 years, the Foundation has highlighted the centrality of food culture in our daily lives. Through the variety of industry programs that educate and empower leaders in the culinary community, the Foundation has asserted the power of food to drive behavior, culture, and policy change. The organization is committed to giving chefs a voice and the tools to make the world more sustainable, equitable, and delicious for everyone. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the James Beard Foundation launched the Open for Good campaign to ensure that independent restaurants not only survive, but that the industry is able to rebuild stronger than before. www.jamesbeard.org

Great Performances

Great Performances, which will operate PLATFORM, is a leading hospitality management company with a commitment to collaborative service, innovation and quality. The woman owned business serving New York City for over 40 years is as renowned for its events catering as for its food service in celebrated New York City cultural institutions, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Apollo Theater and others. Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate its own organic farm, Katchkie Farm, located in Kinderhook, NY. Progressive from the start, the company consistently sets the pace for industry best practices.

Focus

The ideal candidate is a seasoned chef who is as motivated by high quality cooking as by efficient kitchen operations. You are a reliable, hardworking professional with exceptional culinary skill, interest in cuisines of many culinary cultures and experience managing a large team. Your experience is matched by your integrity, thoughtfulness and an outlook that aligns with the James Beard Foundation’s community driven mission. Your role will include an important focus on supporting and collaborating with an evolving roster of visiting guest chefs. You will oversee food production for both events and the kiosk, with responsibility for quality control, food and labor costs, employee management and communication with the corporate management team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following

• Manage culinary staff and kitchen operations for a quick service concept, demonstration kitchen and culinary event space within a destination food hall
• Manage all aspects food production to ensure high quality exceeding client expectations
• Mentor and train culinary employees to follow established procedures
• Work in a collaborative, team spirited approach with front of house and event programming teams, as well as James Beard Foundation and Great Performances management
• Plan and direct food preparation and presentation to elevate food quality
• Ability to scratch and batch cook and create production sheets for the proper yield
• Monitors safety standards of kitchen and food items assuring freshness and quality of menu items
• Monitors employees maintain NYC Department of Health guidelines
• Perform administrative tasks, maintaining food and equipment supplies
• Place orders thru company computer program Caterxpert
• Process all invoices thru company computer program Plate IQ
• Supervise and lead kitchen staff to develop with the EC systems and manage the team to execute in operations
• Ability to be “hands on” team player by being involved in daily preparation and support of staff
• Expediting and inspecting orders to ensure food quality is to standard
• Troubleshoot any issues as they arise working with management team to support all operations

Knowledge, Experience and Criteria

• 5 – 6 years prior culinary management experience
• Culinary degree preferred
• Knowledge of NYC Health Department guidelines, including safe temperature at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
• New York City Food Handler’s Certificate will be required within one month of employment
• Experience working in a fast paced environment
• Calm and professional demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast paced environment
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. and stand for at least 8 hours
• Ability to execute all duties and responsibilities in a safe and timely manner
• Perform other duties assigned to ensure overall operational success

Location

Pier 57 in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood

Client

James Beard Foundation

Base salary

$85,000/year

Benefits

PTO, 401K, Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Transit, and FSA (Flexible Spending Account)

Great Performances is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For the safety of our employees, customers, and vendors, Great Performances requires that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless an exemption from this Policy has been granted as an accommodation. If you have a disability or sincerely held religious belief that precludes you from obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine, please let us know so the Company may engage in a cooperative dialogue about whether a reasonable accommodation may be warranted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 5 years
• 6 years

Pay rate:

• Yearly pay

Shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manhattan, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Culinary experience: 5 years (Preferred)
• Cooking: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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