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Requirements found

Training Recruiting Inventory (must) Scheduling Sales Marketing (nice) Compliance (must) Spanish Social Media

What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The posting asks for 7+ years of experience.

Main responsibilities

• We’re seeking a hands-on Executive Chef to lead the Flagship’s culinary team. Much of the foundational kitchen design, operating systems, and core recipes wi…
• You’ll combine culinary judgment, operational discipline, and warmth, making thoughtful decisions in an evolving environment and developing leaders who can e…
• Opening and Operational Readiness
• Partner with the General Manager, CookUnity teams, and opening partners to translate established recipes, equipment, and systems into a working culinary oper…
• Recruit and train the opening team, establishing clear roles, standards, communication, and accountability.
• Lead recipe testing, production rehearsals, and service simulations, identifying readiness gaps and driving resolution.
• Establish production plans, staffing, pars, receiving, storage, inventory, and sanitation routines, coordinating with supporting CookUnity production kitchen…
• Culinary Execution and Business Performance
• Lead back-of-house operations across café service, dine-in, takeaway, retail, digital orders, and events, maintaining quality, freshness, presentation, consi…
• Curate and adapt CookUnity chefs’ dishes while preserving their culinary intent and contributing original dishes and creative ideas.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Recruit and train the opening team, establishing clear roles, standards, communication, and accountability.” · “Lead back-of-house operations across café service, dine-in, takeaway, retail, digital orders, and events, maintaining quality, freshness, presentation, consi…” · “Collaborate across departments, communicate risks early, and follow commitments through to completion.”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Partner with the General Manager, CookUnity teams, and opening partners to translate established recipes, equipment, and systems into a working culinary oper…” · “Collaborate across departments, communicate risks early, and follow commitments through to completion.” · “Collaborate with Culinary, Brand, Marketing, Operations, suppliers, and visiting chefs on the Flagship’s culinary program.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “You’ll combine culinary judgment, operational discipline, and warmth, making thoughtful decisions in an evolving environment and developing leaders who can e…” · “Recruit and train the opening team, establishing clear roles, standards, communication, and accountability.” · “Attract, develop, and retain a strong culinary team in a respectful, inclusive, and accountable environment.”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “Team Leadership and Culture” · “Develop Sous Chefs and emerging leaders through clear expectations, direct feedback, coaching, and meaningful ownership.” · “7+ years of progressive culinary leadership experience, including Executive Chef, Chef de Cuisine, or comparable responsibility.”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “Use guest feedback, sales mix, quality measures, and financial results to diagnose issues, prioritize improvements, and verify results.” · “Contribute to seasonal menus and program improvements, balancing creativity with guest appeal, operational practicality, and financial discipline.” · “Experience with culinary events, guest-chef collaborations, and community partnerships.”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Manage food and labor costs through scheduling, purchasing, production planning, yield management, portion control, and waste reduction.” · “Use guest feedback, sales mix, quality measures, and financial results to diagnose issues, prioritize improvements, and verify results.” · “Embed cleanliness, organization, and safe handling into daily work through training, verification, and accountability.”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “Recruit and train the opening team, establishing clear roles, standards, communication, and accountability.” · “Lead recipe testing, production rehearsals, and service simulations, identifying readiness gaps and driving resolution.” · “Lead back-of-house operations across café service, dine-in, takeaway, retail, digital orders, and events, maintaining quality, freshness, presentation, consi…”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “We’re seeking a hands-on Executive Chef to lead the Flagship’s culinary team.” · “As an ambassador for the Flagship, you’ll also engage with guests, host culinary partners, facilitate events, and build relationships within New York’s food …” · “Partner with the General Manager, CookUnity teams, and opening partners to translate established recipes, equipment, and systems into a working culinary oper…”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Problem solving Core
  In the posting: “Use guest feedback, sales mix, quality measures, and financial results to diagnose issues, prioritize improvements, and verify results.” · “Experience diagnosing operational problems, building practical systems, and delivering measurable improvements.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with marke…” · “We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry, and we want to make sure you (and your data) stay safe while applying to CookUnity.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Curate and adapt CookUnity chefs’ dishes while preserving their culinary intent and contributing original dishes and creative ideas.” · “Sound judgment, initiative, and adaptability in an opening, startup, or evolving hospitality environment.”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
• Technical skill Supporting
  In the posting: “Partner with the General Manager, CookUnity teams, and opening partners to translate established recipes, equipment, and systems into a working culinary oper…”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.

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