Executive Chef - Private Home

Executive Chef - Private Home

Location: Atherton, CA

Job Type: Full Time (40 hours/week)

• Weekend availability required

Work Hours: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

COMPENSATION:

• $104,000 - $135,000/year, DOE.
• Discretionary Bonus (Up to 20%)
• Health Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Sick days
• Paid rest & meal breaks
• Regular reviews & advancement opportunities

SUMMARY:

English-speaking, Executive Chef - Private Home who is able to use high-quality seasonal ingredients to prepare and cook healthy & delicious Asian fusion dishes in a private home. Take full charge of the culinary services for the family. This exciting Executive Chef - Private Home position will allow for creativity, shaping of the food program and kitchen, and will be the perfect position for an organized private chef looking to wear multiple hats.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Set the tone for a creative and inspired kitchen.
• Manage and execute all aspects of food cost, budgeting, sourcing, menu development, and preparation.
• Menus prepared four weeks in advance with an excellent variety for review and approval.
• Resourceful in understanding that menus must be tailored to specific dietary needs.
• Create weekly fresh and healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients.
• Responsible for providing an amazing culinary experience for the family, and also feel comfortable cooking healthy, but simpler meals for kids.
• Presentation is an important component of the meal and should be of fine-dining quality.
• Bakery skills include fresh bread, cakes, and desserts.
• Responsible for keeping a clean and organized kitchen throughout the meal preparation process.
• Responsible for leaving the kitchen immaculate after mealtimes.
• Maintain relationships with local and regional food purveyors.
• Responsible for all ordering, shopping, restocking, and inventory management.
• Maintain and monitor all kitchen wares and equipment.
• Produce and maintain the highest food quality and operating procedures.
• Assure the highest health, hygiene, sanitation, safety, and food storage standards.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Experience:

• Recent full-time Private Chef/Executive Chef experience in a private family is preferred.
• 7+ years of Chef experience and a Culinary Degree or certificate.
• Able to provide 2-3 excellent references from domestic positions.
• Has a diverse experience with a variety of food styles. Candidates who master Asian fusion dishes are preferred.

Services:

• A passion to produce consistently the highest level of personal professional service.
• Must understand boundaries, be discreet and respect the family’s need for privacy.
• Excellent communication skills, positive attitude, accept direction and deliver the highest standards to meet the principal’s mealtime needs.
• Genuine communication style that is respectful, effective and sincere.
• Low ego and be open to all feedback and improvements.
• Takes ownership, shows commitment, is responsible and can provide solutions.
• Reliable, on time and able to meet deadlines.
• Results-oriented, able to meet and exceed goals and expectations.
• Work well as a new member of a residence team whose members have great longevity with the family.
• Comply with all office technological and operational requirements.

Flexibility:

• Open to work weekends and occasional holidays.
• Able to work a flexible schedule depending on the family's schedule.
• Flexibility to travel.

Ability:

• Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, the differences or similarities in intensity and quality of flavors or aromas with a degree of accuracy.
• Ability to move about the workplace efficiently with care and consideration to noise and spatial awareness.
• Ability to grab, reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch in order to retrieve and/or replenish merchandise and/or cooking equipment.
• Ability to use hands to seize, hold, grasp, turn, or otherwise, in order to chop, whisk, slice, stir, juice and/or other techniques.
• Ability to lift and/or move kitchen equipment weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 3 hours at a time.
• Ability to work on iPhone and Mac platforms as well as GoogleDocs and Google Calendar.

Others:

• Local Private Chef/Executive Chef candidates preferred. Willing to relocate if needed.
• Knowledge of California sanitation regulations.
• Food ServSafe certification.
• US work authorization.
• Driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Must pass extensive background, driving, and credit checks.

ABOUT US:

Excellence Services LLC is a professional private-owned company that provides luxury service for an HNW family exclusively. We help our client enjoy their life and encourage employee success.

OUR CORE VALUES:

Principal’s First

• Ability to stay focused on meeting and exceeding Highly Private Principals/Clients needs.

Learn from mistakes

• Able to admit mistakes upfront and seek the truth. Learn and grow from mistakes. Makes thoughtful choices and provides solutions to avoid future mistakes. Keep improving.

Conscientious

• Finishes duties mindfully, effectively and promptly.

Dedication

• Shows a deep commitment to the role and people.

Accountable

• Takes ownership of tasks and time for Due diligence.

Independent

• Thinks and acts independently.

Resilience

• Does not complain or shy away from assigned work. Confronts difficulties with a positive outlook. When the going gets tough the tough get going.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $104,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Application Question(s):

• Background check

Work Location: One location