Executive Chef

POSITION OVERVIEW

Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club in Flagstaff, Arizona is excited to announce the exceptional career opportunity of an Executive Chef
. Qualified candidates must thrive in a hospitality environment and be highly focused on providing superior service to the club’s members and guests. The position start date is immediately
.

The Executive Chef is responsible for the overall leadership, recruitment, and development of the culinary team, all food production, including food sold in the restaurant, banquets, and seasonal venues on the golf course. The successful candidate will develop menus and recipes, oversee all purchasing, and management of the labor budgets for the culinary team.

Special responsibilities include utilizing innovative and creative ideas to enhance the food and beverage experience while directing a team of professional associates to create the culture of excellence. The Executive Chef will maintain the highest professionalism with all those that they interact with, will adhere to the Club’s service standards as they relate to the operation. The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, is a requirement for this highly interactive and engaging position.

Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club is an 18‑hole private, member‑owned Club located in Flagstaff, Arizona and is ranked by Golfweek as the 15th Neymar? The Club is ranked the 97th Best Residential Community in the United States by Golfweek. The Club sits at over 7,000 feet in the middle of North America’s largest Ponderosa pine forest while enjoying summertime temperatures 30‑40 degrees cooler than Phoenix.

Opening in 2003, Flagstaff Ranch has established itself as a premier golf club and community. Our Club was created for those who love dramatic views, mountain wildlife, and a welcomed respite from the hustle, bustle and heat of urban life.

Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club was designed by US Open Champion Jerry Pate; the golf course boasts dramatic mountain views while playing to a par of 71 and measures 7,160 yards. The Club membership consists of 400 full family memberships that play 13,000 rounds during our six‑month golfing season. The membership enjoys a world class golf shop and recently renovated practice facility, a 26,000 square foot clubhouse, locker room facilities, club storage, fitness center, swimming pool, tennis/pickleball courts, youth activity center and kids’s play ground, and a full‑service food and beverage operation.

Flagstaff is a historic community and is home to Northern Arizona University and its 27,000 student body. Flagstaff offers a vibrant and active downtown environment full of exciting restaurants, shops, concerts, and summer activities. Located just 45 minutes from both Sedona and The Grand Canyon, Flagstaff and Northern Arizona offer a multitude of activities for everyone to enjoy.

• Clearly understand the metrics for successful attainment of member satisfaction expectations, financial goals and objectives in culinary operations, and consistently review these expectations with his or her direct reports to ensure understanding and ‘buy‑in’ from those contributing to their attainment.
• Prepares necessary data for applicable parts of the budget; projects annual food, labor and other costs and monitors actual financial results; takes corrective action as necessary to help assure that financial goals are met.
• Assist the F&B Director developing and monitoring the F&B budget and procedures to provide direction and controls for F&B operations and costs; implement corrective
  
  EMS procedures as necessary to help ensure budget goals are attained.
• Consults with the Dining/Events Manager about food production aspects of special events being planned.
• Interacts with F&B staff to assure that food production consistently exceeds the expectations of members and guests.
• Reinforce established and/or create standard operating procedures and processes for all dining areas.
• Keep current on all matters pertaining to the food and beverage industry.
• Approves the requisition of products and other necessary food supplies.
• Plans menus for all food outlets in the Club.
• Cooks or directly…