- Full-Time
- Permanent
- FAIRMONT
- Culinary
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Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, Canada
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REF8646L
Head Sushi Chef
Region
Luxury & Lifestyle
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A rare opportunity has become available to join the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. The hotel has multiple dynamic F&B outlets, including the highly regarded Raw Bar, which is known in the market place for top quality sushi A perfect role for a creative Head Sushi Chef, you will be hands-on and love leading your team from the front
Why work for Fairmont Pacific Rim?
- Wonderful company culture – our colleagues are at the heart of all we do
- A competitive salary, starting from $90,000.00 per annum
- Complimentary meal through our Colleague Dining Program
- Exclusive access to the Pacific Northwest Food & Beverage Discount Program with 50% off at our dining destinations in Vancouver, Victoria, and Whistler
- Travel reimbursement program for a TransLink monthly pass
- Extensive benefits package including health, paramedical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance for those meeting eligibility requirements
- Company-matched pension plan and ability to enroll in the Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan for those meeting eligibility requirements
- Complimentary hotel stay for newly hired employees with breakfast for two through our BE OUR GUEST program
- Excellent training with the opportunity to build a successful career
- Fun work environment
- Transit subsidy
- Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide for you and your family
- Learning programs through our Academies designed to sharpen your skills
- Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21
- Career development opportunities with national and international promotion opportunities
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Creates a la carte menus for the Raw Bar. Menu categories include maki, nigari, sashimi, small plates/ appetizers, salads, soups, rice dishes, noodles dishes and potentially more.
- Creates themed menus for food promotions throughout the year.
- Create weekly/monthly specials based on seasonal a products, theme’s, market trends, hotel goals
- Works with Executive Chef and sales & marketing team on overall promotion plans, themed food offerings, current market trends, food photography.
- Practical training of cooks, through hands on training/demonstrations, written recipes with methods, pictures of all finished dishes, to ensure overall quality, consistency, portion control, plate presentation
- Ensure that the food product of the Raw Bar is the leading product in the city.
- Responsible for food costing all dishes on all Raw Bar menus and managing overall food cost for the Raw Bar.
- Responsible for creating weekly schedule for staff, ensuring proper staffing levels and working within the allocated labor hours, productivity guidelines and understanding the monthly labor goals.
- Ensures that the kitchen, pre areas and equipment is always clean, sanitary and organized.
- Ensure that equipment is in good operating condition and reports if it needs maintance.
- Ensure departmental standards as determined with the Executive Chef.
- Uphold culture and standards of the Fairmont Pacific Rim
- Monitors performance levels of all team members and acts accordingly.
- Strives to advance his/her knowledge, skills and abilities and consistently share these with others.
- Acts as a role model to staff members by maintaining a professional work ethic and displaying sound cooking skills and food knowledge
- Actively participates in the Fairmont Pacific Rim's environmental program and department specific initiatives in working towards sustainable operations.
- Health & Safety conscious and actively involved in maintaining a safe work environment.
- Other duties as assigned
Your experience and skills include:
- A minimum of two years previous experience in a Head Sushi Chef position serving, refined sushi & Japanese cuisine required.
- Minimum of 6-8 years of Sushi and overall Japanese cuisine experience. This includes experience with sushi, rice dishes, noodles dishes, hot appetizers, salads, soups.
- Strong ability to create and develop food within specific parameters, ensuring all steps are process are met along the way.
- Stays current and knowledgeable of local and global cuisine trends and is able to apply those into our offerings
- Stays current and knowledge of contemporary Japanese cuisine and sushi trends in presentation, preparation, products and taste
- Must be an effective leader, manager, trainer, administrator and team player with strong communication, time management and organizational skills.
- Must be resourceful, innovative, detail oriented and quality conscious
- Proven track record of cost control including food, labor, equipment and wastage to meet the hotels financial goals.
- Experience organizing off-site catering events is an asset.
- Previous experience teaching or doing demonstrations is an asset.
- BC Food Safe Certification is required.
Your team and working environment:
- Work with a diverse and passionate team dedicated to creating lasting impressions on our guests by providing award winning food.
Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent
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