Job Description

NEW RESTAURANT OPENING!

NEW YORK'S BIGGEST RESTAURANT OPENING 2024

Exciting times ahead here at   Aqua Restaurant Group , as we are opening a dual new restaurant in NYC this year - the biggest restaurant opening of 2024 in The Big Apple   With the Italian fleur, we will be opening a restaurant with the freshest produce from Italy, vibrant & buzzy atmosphere with live DJs in the evening & weekend brunches as well as a Japanese restaurant with lots of cocktail choices   If you or someone you know, are looking to join the restaurant scene with us in NYC, we would love to hear from you!

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

 

Ensures that the department provides the highest food quality consistent with cost control and profitability margins; hence maximise guest satisfaction and food profitability. All work is carried out in line with the aqua’s guidelines, the departmental business plan, and aqua`s corporate guidelines, and service concepts.

 

 

TASKS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

• Ensures the highest food quality appropriate to the market
• Adheres to company`s standards of food quality, preparation, recipes, and presentation
• Ensures proper staffing and adequate supplies for all stations
• Supervises the proper set-up of each item on menus and insures their readiness
• Oversees the seasonings, portions, and appearance of food service in the operation
• Stores unused food properly to minimise waste and maximise quality
• Assists in budgetary and payroll expense control as required
• Works closely with Chefs to ensure correct preparation and delivery times are kept and food quality is maintained
• Assures proper safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices are followed
• Responsible for in checking and ordering fresh products and dry storage items required for the kitchen
• Confers closely and regularly with the General Manager or Executive Chef
• Suggests changes to menus, to reflect local, seasonal and national trends
• Assures proper safety, hygiene and sanitation practices are followed
• Ensure cleaning check list are signed off on daily basis

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Adheres to all health, sanitation and food safety rules and regulations, and makes sure all staff adheres to these
• Ensures that all potential and real hazards are reported and reduced immediately
• Fully understands the property`s fire, emergency, and bomb procedures
• Ensures that emergency procedures are practised and enforced to provide for the security and safety of guests and employees
• Anticipates possible and probable hazards and conditions and either corrects them or takes action to prevent them from happening
• Checks that the highest standards of personal hygiene, dress, appropriate uniform, appearance, and conduct is maintained by all employees in the department

 

ITALIAN CUISINE EMPHASIS & EXPERIENCE:

• Menu planning: Developing menus that showcase Italian cuisine, incorporate modern techniques, and use seasonal ingredients
• Have a passion for deeply rooted traditions common to the whole country which are in continuous exchange
• Play a crucial role in offering an abundance of taste.
• Have a passion for simplicity, with many dishes made up of few ingredients, and therefore often rely on the quality of the ingredients, rather than the complexity of preparation
• Respecting regional specificities
• Privileging only raw materials and ingredients from the region of origin of the dish and preserving its seasonality
• Create a cuisine rich in pasta, fish, fruits, vegetables, cheeses, wines, pizza, coffee (especially espresso)

Aqua Restaurant Group is an EEO (M/F/V)

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Immediate start, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

Similar Jobs