This full-time, salaried/exempt position is responsible for utilizing a deep passion and inventive approach to ensure a stunning culinary experience to the principals and their guests.

Reporting relationship: Manager of Domestic Services

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Culinary:

• Prepare and present meals, including appetizers, soups, entrees, sides, breads, fresh-baked desserts, snacks, and beverages, keeping presentation in mind.

• Ensure promptness, freshness, quality, and variety of dishes.

• Research and prepare diverse menus for Principals’ review, incorporating preferences, dietary restrictions, and seasonal changes; ensure repetition is minimal.

• Maintain journal of menu choices and preferences to ensure variety and reduce repetition.

• Research and implement new techniques and ingredients.

• Shop for groceries, beverages, and kitchen supplies; proactively maintain adequate inventory.

• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with local vendors, artisans, and retailers.

• Maintain food and beverage products "in date" and discard expired items.

• Prepare fresh, high quality, “to go” meals on occasion.

Cleaning and Sanitation:

• Maintain clean and sanitary chef kitchen and chef pantry, ensuring the highest health, sanitation, safety, and food storage standards, including categorizing and label dating all food.

• Conduct daily cleaning of surfaces, sweep and mop floors as needed and after meal service.

• Maintain non-work surface stainless in a polished condition. • Conduct daily and deep cleaning of stove, oven, fryer, ice machine, sinks, microwave, refrigerators, freezers, exhaust hood and chef's dishwashers.

• Empty and clean interior of trash bins daily as needed.

• Keep pantry, shelves, cold storage, freezers, drawers, kitchen cupboards, and counters clean and organized in family and chef kitchens. Service:

• Coordinate table settings, serve ware, and meal service themes with household staff.

• Provide meal service, clearing, and clean up with or in the absence of other staff.

• Work with household staff to coordinate special dinner parties, events, and special occasions.

Other:

• Create exciting flavor combinations with an awareness of the highest quality ingredients.

• Superfood knowledge and health awareness a plus.

• Understanding of food sourcing in its purest form.

• Deep knowledge of organic products, balancing carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. • Prepare high quality and tasty smoothies and smoothie bowls.

• Experience with vegetarian and vegan recipes and options.

• Provide principals and staff with written and verbal instructions on how to prepare meals when absent.

• Skilled at portion control to minimize waste and control budget.

• Stay abreast of food trends, cooking techniques and recipe research.

• Value quality over quantity.

• Efficiently communicate with other staff; attentively listen, accept direction, ask questions, work well with others, and demonstrate a desire to be part of a team.

• Ensure services are performed at the highest level of quality and hospitality.

• Ability to handle constructive criticism to grow, learn, and improve.

• Arrive to work timely; fully utilize opportunities during downtimes to conduct research, recipe preparation, menu creation, clean and organize, and perform other administrative responsibilities.

• Assist with seasonal and crucial duties of manager and other staff.

• Produce, track, and manage expense reports, paying close attention to and controlling budget within given restraints.

• Complete other projects as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Culinary experience required, including preparation and presentation of diverse foods and styles.

• Culinary degree or educational track highly desired.

• Exceptional knowledge of household table etiquette, service, and entertaining protocol.

• Proven history of providing outstanding customer service, with a professional and tactful demeanor.

• Strong time management skills

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Flexibility in schedule to meet six days a week requirements/needs; this includes day shifts, night shifts, weekends, and holiday shifts as needed. At times may require a 7-day schedule.

• Preservation of a peaceful household atmosphere is essential.

• Ability to travel to and work at winter and summer homes; valid driver’s license required.

• Must be responsible, resolute, and dependable; neat and tidy in appearance; organized and dependable.

• Proper storing of opened food to ensure freshness and safety.

• Exemplify a cheerful outlook and demonstrate pride in service.

• Demonstrate an eye for details and aesthetics.

• The highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity to privacy must be always exercised.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to remain standing for lengthy periods of time.

• Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch to retrieve and/or replenish merchandise and/or cooking equipment.

• Ability to use hands to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise, to chop, whisk, slice, stir, juice and/or other techniques.

• Ability to work at a physically demanding pace.

• Ability to lift thirty (30) pounds to a maximum height of six (6) feet.