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From innovative menus and striking design to impeccable service and critical attention to detail, at Great Performances, we weave our mission into all we do. This woman-owned business serving New York City for over four decades has evolved from a waitress staffing agency to the leading catering, events, and hospitality companies in the greater New York area. We provide food services in an array of celebrated New York City cultural institutions including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wave Hill, and The Apollo Theater. We are known for full-service catering and events, corporate workplace dining and amenity programs, and large-scale event and festival production. Great Performances is the nation’s first caterer to own and operate an organic farm, Katchkie Farm located in Kinderhook, NY. Progressive from the start, we consistently set the pace for industry best practices.
We are seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our team and to support our vision, mission, and values through everything they do. If you share our passion and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply.
Our Vision: Building Community to Better Our World
Our Mission: Unleash Joy through Genuine Hospitality
Our Core Values:
Craftsmanship: developing new menus, designs, and moments to deliver engaging experiences to our clients and guests.
People: creating fair access, opportunity, and advancement for everyone. Our employees are our greatest asset.
Sustainability: upholding and elevating standards for sustainable behaviors that support our planet.
Collaboration: aligning with our clients’, colleagues’, and community’s visions to execute a successful experience.
Doing Good Through Food: engaging in action around food access, health and wellness, education, and philanthropy.
Focus
The ideal candidate is a seasoned chef who is as motivated by high-quality cooking as by efficient
kitchen operations. You are a reliable, hardworking professional with exceptional culinary skills, interest
in cuisines of many culinary cultures, and experience managing a large team. Your experience is
matched by your integrity, thoughtfulness, and an outlook that aligns with the Great Performance
Foundation’s community-driven mission. Your role will include an important focus on supporting and
collaborating with an evolving roster of visiting guest chefs. You will oversee food production for both
events and the kiosk, with responsibility for quality control, food, and labor costs, employee
management, and communication with the corporate management team.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.
Knowledge, Experience, and Criteria
Base salary: $80,000/year
Benefits: PTO, 401K, Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Transit, and FSA (Flexible Spending Account)
Must be able to provide valid documentation that you are legally eligible to work in the United States.
Great Performances is an equal-opportunity employer. At Great Performances, we employ qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience. Great Performances does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based on race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.
Full Time
$51k-70k (estimate)
04/27/2024
05/10/2024
greatperformances.com
NEW YORK, NY
200 - 500
1979
LIZ NEUMARK
$10M - $50M
Restaurants & Catering Services
Great Performances, NYCs premier catering and events company, is a dynamic and influential leader in the food and events industry, known for its dedication to social responsibility and sustainability. We are the exclusive caterer to many high-profile NYC institutions including The Plaza Hotel, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Apollo Theater, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Wave Hill. We cater thousands of events for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and private clients and operate more than 10 restaurants, cafes and food trucks. We support numerous festivals and special events includin ...
g the NYC Wine and Food Festival and the Miami Open Tennis tournament. Great Performances is the first catering company to own and operate its own organic farmKatchkie Farm in Kinderhook, NY.
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