Chef de Cuisine - New Opening Downtown

  • Full-time

Company Description

Coming soon to Toronto’s Financial District, The Rabbit Hole exemplifies the best of British cooking and Canadian hospitality. This friendly neighbourhood gastropub invites guests to cozy up and linger over a proper pint of English ale and great conversation. Rooted in bold British flavours and locally sourced ingredients, The Rabbit Hole’s menu will consist of familiar comfort classics and imaginative twists on old-fashioned pub food.

Job Description

  • Communicates the restaurant’s vision to all team members and leads by example.  Reinforces the O&B values daily and inspires the team with his/her exciting vision for the restaurant’s future.
  • Actively monitors kitchen operations and cleanliness
  • Manages day-to-day financial operations of the venue including budgeting, forecasting, and food and labour costs
  • Creates creative menu offerings including custom menus ensuring overall guest satisfaction, including development and ongoing maintain of a team recipe book
  • Builds and maintains relationships and communication with team members and front of house management alike
  • Follows proper ordering, inventory and receiving procedures
  • Shows leadership in creating a culture that revolves around the experience and enjoyment of food and cooking
  • Works together with the management team to further develop the event space and its offerings
  • Conducts recruitment and selection, training and development initiatives as well as performance management and employee coaching
  • Demonstrates high personal integrity, business ethics and takes every opportunity to promote the business unit
  • Ensures proper health and safety procedures are followed by all team members
  • Uses conflict/resolution and problem solving skills

Qualifications

  • A minimum of five years of culinary leadership experience in a similar fine dining environment
  • Post secondary education in Culinary Arts Management or similar
  • Red Seal, Certified Chef de Cuisine designation Certification desirable
  • Serve Safe Certification
  • Strong business acumen
  • Efficiency using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • Self-starter, flexible and ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
  • Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Human resources management skills such as:  recruitment, selection, training, performance management
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Time management skills

Additional Information

** We thank all applicants for their interest in Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality; however, only suitable candidates will be contacted to continue the application process. **