Why us?

　　Sage Hotel Management is currently seeking a Chef De Cuisine for our King & Rye restaurant located inside The Alexandrian Hotel, in Alexandria, VA.

　　At Sage Hotel Management, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We are known amongst our staff, our owners, our guests, and our communities as leaders in our field who are authentic, humble, innovative, and flexible operators driven to anticipate needs and exceed expectations.

　　Sage’s vision is to be recognized by our customers as the best in our business through ensuring a culture that “makes the ordinary extraordinary!” The ideal candidate should champion this culture in every touchpoint of our business from our associates, guests, owners, and communities. The service and courtesy you extend and promote daily will ensure a healthy and productive culture of serving others with excellence. Join us today!

　　Job Overview

　　Manage the kitchen staff in the daily production, preparation and presentation of all food restaurant and room service in a safe, sanitary work environment which conforms to all standards and regulations and achieves profitable, competitive, quality products. Responsible for managing the daily operations of the kitchen. Monitors food and labor costs. Assists Executive Chef in creating and implementing menu and production changes.

　　Responsibilities

　　Manage the daily production, preparation and presentation of all food for the hotel's restaurant(s) and room service to ensure a quality, consistent product is produced which conforms to all franchise standards.

　　Manage human resources in the production and preparation areas of the kitchen in order to attract, retain and motivate the employees while providing a safe work environment; interview, hire, schedule, train, develop, empower, coach and counsel, recommend and conduct performance and salary reviews, provide open communication, recommend discipline and termination, as appropriate.

　　Schedule and manage the maintenance/sanitation of the kitchen, equipment and related areas to ensure a healthy, safe work environment which meets/exceeds federal, state, corporate and franchise standards and regulations.

　　Monitor, analyze and control all labor and food costs; prepare the appropriate reports, charts and schedules to ensure budgets are met/exceeded while quality is maintained/improved.

　　Promote the Accident Prevention Program to minimize liabilities and related expenses.

　　Qualifications

　　Education/Formal Training

　　High school education or equivalent.

　　Experience

　　Experience required by position is from one to two full years of employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).

　　Knowledge/Skills

　　Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession.

　　This includes experiential knowledge required for management of people and/or complex problems and food and beverage management.

　　Physical Demands

　　The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying: All of these functions are essential primarily because of the heavy production associated with Banquets.

　　Items include food, small equipment -75% of the time.

　　Bending of the knees does become necessary when using the lower oven for cooking, 5-10 times a day.

　　Mobility -full range of mobility and the ability to travel 30-50 feet on a regular basis throughout the day.

　　Continuous standing -during preparation, during service hours or during expediting, usually all day.

　　Must have moderate hearing to hear equipment timers and communicate with other staff.

　　Must have excellent vision to see that product is prepared appropriately.

　　Must have moderate comprehension and literacy to read use records and all special requests.

　　Environment

　　Inside 100% of 8 hour shift. Going in the freezer temperatures can be -10 degrees. On the front line, temperatures can be over 100 degrees.

　　ID: 2024-21561

　　Position Type: Regular Full-Time

　　Property : The Alexandrian

　　Outlet: King & Rye

　　Category: Culinary

　　Address : 480 King St

　　City : Alexandria

　　State : Virginia

　　EOE Protected Veterans/Disability