Director of Culinary

Director of Culinary St Andrews Country Club Property Association - Boca Raton, FL 33496 Overview Position Type Full Time Description Position Summary: The Director of Culinary provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for all culinary operations across the Club. This role is responsible for setting the standard for food quality, consistency, financial performance, and team leadership. The Director of Culinary builds and leads a high-performing team, ensures a disciplined and efficient kitchen environment, and delivers a consistently exceptional dining experience for members and guests. This position requires a confident, decisive leader who communicates clearly, holds teams accountable, and is comfortable making difficult decisions when necessary. Qualifications Essential Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. · Provide leadership and direction for all culinary operations, including à la carte dining, banquets, pastry, purchasing, and all food outlets. · Establish and uphold clear standards for food quality, presentation, consistency, and execution across all areas. Build, develop, and lead a strong culinary leadership team; hire, train, coach, and hold staff accountable to performance expectations. · Drive a culture of professionalism, respect, urgency, and accountability within the kitchens. · Oversee menu development across all outlets, ensuring offerings align with membership preferences, seasonality, and operational efficiency. · Monitor and manage all financial aspects of the culinary operation, including food cost, labor cost, budgeting, and forecasting; take corrective action as needed. Ensure efficient kitchen operations through proper staffing, scheduling, delegation, and workflow management. · Maintain strict standards of sanitation, safety, and regulatory compliance at all times. · Partner with Club leadership and Catering to execute high-quality events and meet member expectations. · Evaluate systems, processes, and vendors to improve quality, consistency, and cost control. · Establish and enforce controls to minimize waste, theft, and inefficiencies. · Lead by example in maintaining a clean, organized, and disciplined kitchen environment. · Address employee relations matters directly and professionally, including performance management and conflict resolution. · Work closely with Club leadership to respond to member feedback, requests, and concerns in a timely and professional manner. Education & Work Experience Requirements: · Proven leadership experience in a senior culinary role, preferably within a private club, luxury hospitality, or high-volume multi-outlet operation. · Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, food and labor costs, and operational performance. · Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and hold teams accountable at all levels. · Clear, direct communicator with the ability to handle difficult conversations professionally. · High standards for organization, cleanliness, and operational discipline. · Culinary degree or equivalent experience preferred. Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk or hear, taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles and is frequently exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Compensation: Salary is commensurate with experience. This is a full-time position eligible for full benefit package such as: · Medical Insurance · Dental Insurance · Vision Insurance · Company Paid Life Insurance · Supplemental Life Insurance · Company Paid Short Term Disability Insurance · Company Paid Long Term Disability Insurance · 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match · Paid Time Off This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by anyone authorized to give instructions or assignments. This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to accommodate individuals with disabilities reasonably. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to their health or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. About St. Andrews Country Club Property Owners Association St. Andrews of Boca Raton, a resident-only Platinum Club of America and a Distinguished Emerald Club of the World and ranked in the Top Ten of America’s Healthiest Club, is also internationally recognized for magnificent estate residences, recently completed $17.5 million renovations as part of a three-phase Improvement Plan. The POA Association features superior amenities and two 18-hole championship golf courses, including an Arnold Palmer Signature Design®. The POA Association offers a comprehensive Golf Performance Center with an indoor hitting bay and private practice area. Aaron Krickstein, formerly ranked #6 worldwide, oversees a full tennis program with 15 clay tennis courts, including a European red clay court. The POA Association also features a full-service spa, fitness center, and a 125,000-square-foot completely remodeled Clubhouse with four unique restaurants. A brand-new Recreation & Aquatic Center features three pools, poolside dining, Splash Club, state-of-the-art playground equipment, and an air-conditioned game room. St. Andrews has hosted numerous PGA golf exhibitions led by touring pros and is the home course to LPGA Touring Professional and resident Morgan Pressel. For more information, please visit www.standrewscc.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Drug-Free Workplace