Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Multiple time ‘Best Overall Restaurant’ award-winning Cypress Social is now hiring for a new Executive Chef. Cypress Social is a high volume 325 seat destination restaurant located in North Little Rock just outside of Maumelle. Our fare can be identified as approachable but elevated New American cuisine with a Southern backbone. All savory & pastry recipes are scratch as is our standard. We have a sprawling top of the line kitchen that facilitates in excess of 2000 covers per week, Monday-Saturday.

We are looking for an individual with pride, work-ethic, dedication to excellence, and passion to lead. High-level administrative, interpersonal, and culinary skills are key. Must love and care about food!

Salary is based upon experience and ability. 65k-80k annually with profit sharing distributions

based upon performance.

To apply, send your resume to brent@cypresssocial.com

Cypress Social Executive Chef | Kitchen

Manager Job Description

General:

Is responsible for and oversees all aspects associated with BOH operations at Cypress Social and reports directly to the General Manager. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Management of the BOH department as a whole
• BOH standards, quality, and consistency
• Ensures the kitchen and surrounding areas are sanitized and clean in accordance with company standards and health code regulations
• Kitchen organization, product rotation, and routine maintenance
• Coordinates and directs all food preparation, from prep through service
• Stays current on restaurant industry trends
• Identifies new culinary techniques and presentations
• Oversees repairs of kitchen equipment and appliances
• The continued growth of BOH operations based around empirical evidence as a means to make sound decisions
• Oversees BOH staff to ensure they are each performing at their optimum level
• Ensures all BOH staff are operating within the parameters set forth by ownership including menu and prep consistency, identity, and scope
• Maintainsstandards of food as set forth by the General Manger and Ownership

Morale:

• Perceives employee morale and takes strides to ensure a positive working environment is maintained
• Strives for open communication flow amongst all managerial, supervisorial, and front-line staff
• Encourages staff and remains consistent in demeanor concerning the approach of dealing with one staffer to the next
• Maintains positivity in high stress situations and leads by example
• Works to ensure there is a consolidated effort with FOH/BOH managers, and in relation to the approach in which we deal with staff

Profit & Loss:

• Responsible for the BOH aspects related to profit & loss for Cypress Social
• Attends weekly meetings, and monitors BOH departmental progress
• Monitors BOH ordering and ensures optimum pars and inventory levels are maintained
• Oversees scheduling to ensure labor cost remains at a reasonable level and overtime is mitigated unless necessitated for the needs of the business
• Ensures all new recipes, event menus, etc. are imported into our tracking system

Food & Beverage Quality:

• Maintains food quality to ensure standards are met in accordance with Cypress Social recipes and specifications
• Consistently takes measures to ensure our food quality remains at the highest level
• Communicates all issues or perceived issues to the General Manager in order to ensure a united front concerning corrective measures

Training:

• Responsible for ensuring the department as a whole maintains proper staffing levels based on the needs of the business
• Oversees all aspects associated with the training of new departmental hires and new hire paperwork
• Responsible for gaging new hire progress and determining when training has been completed
• Monitors departmental employee performance in a given shift and on a long-term basis

Administrative:

• Responsible for ensuring BOH payroll has been audited and submitted on a weekly basis
• Ensures BOH is maintaining accurate inventories and recipes
• Ensuresall product is accounted for in weekly inventories
• Performs miscellaneous employee paperwork for BOH staff: welfare, child support, wage verification when necessary
• Performs weekly inventory with accuracy
• Other duties as assigned

Located in North Little Rock, our destination restaurant and event center provides an eclectic mix of one-of-a-kind fare with a Southern-inspired backbone, an innovative bar menu, and best in class service.

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