Department: The Windmill Kitchen and departments under the Kitchen

Job purpose: The main task of this individual is turning fresh ingredients into beautifully plated works of edible art, management the Windmill Kitchen team and all other team members under the Windmill Kitchen.

Utilize farm products to create an exceptional customer experience using food to connect the farm with our guests, focusing on premium in season produce, beef & pork. Create an Elevated Farm to Table Experience.

Scope and Range: Managing the food service at weddings and events, daily food service from the Windmill Kitchen, Crepes & Cream Co., Doghouse, and supplying commissary orders to Mortimer’s Market & Deli, Etc.

This position will also be responsible for the following:

- Direct Windmill Kitchen staff, management and scheduling

- Oversee daily operations

- Food preparation

- Costing on every recipe/menu/item

- Inventory control and ordering

- Menu planning and creating seasonal menus that are weather appropriate (hot vs. cold items), Mortimer grown, seasonal/holiday favorites, realistic prep and execution time, and are fan favorites

- Fulfill Market commissary order

- Catering at weddings, events, Friday Night Barn Dances, etc.

- Mass production of in season produce

- Create recipes and oversee each dish's details

- Follow given recipes flow between the different cook positions as needed

- Participate as a line cook, daily food prep, kitchen tasks, prep cook (chopping ingredients, finishing their prep lists, properly labeling containers in storage, and cleaning countertops), and in other kitchen positions as necessary

- Perform other cooking duties as needed

- Short order meals and quick service without sacrificing the quality of the meal

- Manage food quality standards

- Fast-paced, skilled, professional, team player, hard worker

- Execution

- Create passion for food engineering/a talent at ingredient/flavor combining/making healthy food options taste great

- Facilitate quality control

- Building upkeep, maintenance, and organization

- Carrying out food safety, alcohol policy protocols, laws, and internal protocols and strategies

- All other duties as deemed necessary

Job type and hours:

Full time position

Weekends required

Pay:

21.00 – 24.00 per hours

Benefits:

Health insurance reimbursement - 80% of employee’s premium up to $250.00 per month

Retirement account - after 90-day probation period 3% match

PTO (sick or vacation) is earned an hour for every 30 hours worked up to 40 hours per calendar year

Job skills, qualifications and requirements:

· Skilled in creating delicious meals with fresh ingredients

· Professional

· Team player

· Work well under pressure

· Manage multiple activities and events simultaneously

· Re-prioritize efforts when plans change, or the need arises

· Analyze and reconcile disparate details and consolidate the information into actionable plans.

· Ability to know and set expectations

· Ability to work strictly within a budget

· Experience in scheduling

· Ability to work based on a schedule

· Ability to work with others

· Good communication skills in order to effectively pass information across to their team members effectively

· Good organization skills

· Ability to multitask smoothly

· Good listening skills

· Self-starter

· Ability to set and reach goals

· Knowledge of local laws on the requirements for carrying out public events

· Vast knowledge in culinary arts, including any new up and coming food trends

· Effective and clear communicator

· Excellent time management and organizational skills

· Proven leadership and creative abilities inside the kitchen

· Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous

· Detail-oriented

Expectations:

· Management

· Menu planning, costing, recipes

· Pass production of product for retail sales and prep

· Turning fresh ingredients into beautifully plated works of edible art

· Short order meals and quick service without sacrificing the quality of the meal in Windmill Kitchen, Crepes & Cream Co, The Bar, Doghouse, etc.

· Commissary orders for Market

· Catering at weddings and events

Probation period: 90 days after start of employment

Annual review:

A review will take place at the year anniversary of employment and at the end of the probation period

Experience:

· Culinary Arts degree and/or other culinary certification preferred

· Vast knowledge in culinary arts, including any new up and coming food trends

· Food industry experience: 5 years+

· Supervision: 3 year

Disclaimer: tasks may be changed or added to without notice by the employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Experience level:

• 5 years

Pay rate:

• Hourly pay
• Yearly pay

Shift:

• 10 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work setting:

• Bakery
• Casual dining restaurant
• Fine dining restaurant
• Food truck
• Upscale casual restaurant

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dewey, AZ 86327: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Culinary experience: 4 years (Required)
• Cooking: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

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