LEAD Chef/Sous Chef

Overview

2Taste is a small and successful private chef and catering operation focused on delivering a unique experience to our clientele. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Chef to assit with the day to day operations. This energetic leader will drive excellence in food quality, presentation, and service, ensuring memorable dining experiences at incredible homes mainly in the Denver-Metro Area.

The ideal candidate will possess a passion for culinary innovation, exceptional team management skills, and extensive experience in Basic Culinary Fundamentals, fine dining, and catering environments. This role offers an exciting opportunity to grow with a small business, and be a part of a talented culinary team.

Requirements of Leader

• Positive Mindset! Have a positive attitude and be excited about cooking and bringing people a memorable experience through delicous food! We want chefs who want to have fun through playing with food!
• Nurture the concept that you always leave something better then you found it.
• Work towards organizing a work life balance for not only themselves, but for the entire team.
• Be a problem solver. Be a BIG THINKER. Put thought into all the little things to make it BIG!
• An understanding that good food takes time, that it takes learning proven cooking processes and techniques to make simple ingredients shine. Start good, end good!
• Be an inovator and big thinker. We are a chef owned company who strives to work with chefs who want to see a company grow and to be a strong part of that growth. Looking for someone who works not only with their hands, but with their brain, and their heart.
• Comfortable cooking many different types of cuisines. Willing to adapt to clieneteles tastes when requested. Willing to have fun with recipe developement and coming up with amazing dishes without the need to be told how to do it.

Duties

• Cook! We cook and we love to cook as much amazing food as possible. Tasty, colorful, well balanced, seasonal, innovative, and from the heart. Not just throwing a bunch of fat and salt with some ingredients into a pan and hope it tastes good. But cooking with the mindset of developing flavors into a memorable final product.
• Assist with sourcing great product.
• Be willing to lead small to medium offsite events on your own. Transporting of food and equipment using personal vechile from time to time. Not scared of a little bit of driving.
• Assist with menu planning, recipe development, and being a part of writing systems and upholding standards that make the work day smoother and better for the overall team.
• Supervising experience leading culinary teams. We usually work with a small crew of 3-5 people. However we do events with staff ranging from 8-16.
• Extensive food industry knowledge including food production, PORTIOINING, menu planning, recipe development, and cost control strategies.
• NOT NEEDING TO BE MICRO MANAGED. Able to remember what needs to be done and not reminded day in and day out. Willing to keep track of changes, adjustments, and applying themselves to developing standards to make each day better. Grow professionally for themselves and with the team.
• Hands-on experience with kitchen management tasks such as basic product knowledge, effective prep list writing, and a strive to organize a kitchen in an efficent manor.
• Familiarity with dietary requirements and accommodating special dietary needs during events.

Pay: $60,000.00 - $68,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Food provided
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person