Duffy’s Assistant Chef Reports to: Chef Job Summary: Responsible for the preparation, presentation, and service of all menu items, as well as developing and training all hourly Back of the House staff.
Major areas of responsibility:
- Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.
- Check quality of foods or supplies.
- Coordinate timing of food production activities.
- Train food prep and line cook positions.
- Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
- Manage food service operations or parts of operations.
- Estimate supplies, ingredients, or staff requirements for food preparation activities.
- Inspect facilities, equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards.
- Schedule equipment maintenance.
- Communicate with guests to resolve complaints or ensure satisfaction.
- Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
- Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Check the quantity and quality of received products.
- Supervise or coordinate Back of House staff engaged in food preparation.
- Follow specifications given by the company in regard to preparation execution of all menu items.
- Instruct Back of House staff in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, or presentation of food.
- Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
- Order food or other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
- Inspect equipment, or work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
- Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
- Temp check all equipment and record data on specified forms.
- Arrange for equipment repairs.
- Monitor Back of the House labor.
- Complete prep list with pars.
- Open and close restaurant using opening and closing checklists.
- Ticket time compliance.
- Understand health inspection and EcoSure compliance.
- Maintain Food Manager Certification.
- Maintain a positive and professional approach to coworkers and customers.
Qualification Standards
- Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
- Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work well with others rather than alone.
Essential Functions
- Stand for long periods of time.
- Use both hands and all fingers to handle, control, grasp, move, assemble or feel objects, tools, or controls.
- Repeat the same movements.
- Walk or stand for long periods of time.
- See details of objects that are less than a few feet away.
- See details of objects that are more than a few feet away.
- See differences between colors, shades, and brightness.
- Understand the speech of another person.
- Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
- Use stomach and lower back muscles to support the body for long periods without getting tired.
- Keep your hand and arm steady while moving.
- Move two or more limbs together (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm).
- Bend, stretch, twist, or reach out their body.
- Be physically active for long periods without getting tired or out of breath.
- Focus on one source of sound and ignore others.
- Hear sounds and recognize the difference between them.
- Use muscles to lift, push, pull, or carry heavy objects.
- Use muscles for extended periods without getting tired.
- Determine the distance between objects.
- Coordinate movement of several parts of the body, such as arms and legs, while the body is moving.
- React quickly using hands, fingers, or feet.
- Multitasking different work activities and shifting attention from one task to another.
- Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- Occasionally exposed to extreme cold and/or heat (non-weather).
- Heavy lifting up to 40 lbs.
- Add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Available to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
