Position: Kitchen Manager

　　Location: Lexington, KY

　　Kitchen Manager You love the fast-paced, creativity-filled life of a hotel kitchen. Always keeping the bottom line in mind, it's up to you as the Kitchen Manager to ensure the kitchen runs with smooth efficiency and that needed supplies are available at all times. You possess solid food preparation experience, a knack for leading a culinary team, and a true desire to make the guest happy by preparing good food delivered by a well-functioning kitchen. You are always seeking ways to improve food production and to move the needle and know how to keep a kitchen and related areas clean and sanitary as meeting and exceeding health code expectations is a focus for you. You also have a passion for training and developing a staff of culinary professionals. As the Kitchen Manager you will: Be the Food Prep Specialist - masterfully combining your culinary knowledge, your knack for finding, training and motivating people, and your drive for continuous improvement ensures your hotel has a professional and successful operation. Obviously, meeting and exceeding bottom line expectations by managing food and beverage cost as well as labor dollars will be an everyday goal. Be a Creative - Channel your culinary skills to develop a high quality menu and then exercise your food handling experience to maintain standards, optimize usage, ensure portion control and contain cost so as to ensure guest enjoyment and associate safety. Be the Master of Clean - good housekeeping and "clean as you go" practices throughout the kitchen and associate cafeteria is the norm under your guidance as you challenge the process with solutions that enhance safety and operating efficiency, contributing to business and financial goal achievement. Be in Charge --you will have significant input on selection, training, coaching, counseling, etc. for the kitchen staff and will also hold employee meetings, do employee check ins, scheduling, and other administrative duties for your team. Be a Safety & Security Agent and/or Manager on Duty -- follow your hotel's established safety and security policies & procedures as well as all OSHA guidelines, reporting issues to maintenance.