Chef - Full Time/10 month - Breckenridge, CO

Experience of a Lifetime. More than just our mission, these words describe our unique and iconic resorts and the people who share a desire to achieve and experience excellence.  One of our core values is providing an exceptional experience to our guests and to our employees.  An opportunity to work at Vail Resorts is an opportunity to bring out your full passion for everything our company stands for, including our commitment to our product, the communities we live in, the environment and our shareholders. Our employees are good at what they do, and we welcome people who bring enthusiasm and pride to work.

Welcome to Breck Nation.  Come be a part of one of the most unique communities anywhere. The character and personality of our resort is unique, fun, independent, laid-back, authentic and welcoming. Once you visit, you feel like a local, no matter where you are from, or what your background is. Once you leave, you take a piece of our character back with you and are changed forever. Breck is a worldwide community of people who share our passion and mentality; our spirit transcends borders and has created its own nation of followers who live the Breck lifestyle.

Chef of on-mountain dining outlet formerly known as Peak 9 Restaurant. The Chef is esponsible for the overall quality of food at a food court restaurant (lunch service). Menu development, specifications, production and delivery.  Management of kitchen envionment in an on-mountain dining outlet.  Ensure staff and food quality will provide ski resort and lodging guests with a pleasant dining experience on a daily basis.  Monitor and maintain financial performance of dining outlet including payroll, sales, inventory, worker's comp claims, etc. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Menu planning, production and delivery

• Assist in budget process and forecasting of business
• Food safety across all operations
• Ensures entire outlet operates under HACCP guidelines and adheres to Serve Safe Culinary Guidelines.
• Maintain financial performance of operation related to food sales vs. spending and labor
• Accurately schedule and review staff to budgeted labor. Responsibe for Payroll exceptions, approvals, and labor distribution reports
• Oversee ordering/receiving, cost transfers, variance reports and invenotory control of  all food, beverages, supplies, etc purchased for the entire building.
• Check and maintain food quality of all food served and produced
• Responsible for hiring, retaining  and training  all food service personel

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years in high volume restaurant operation
• Minimum 5 years of direct management experience
• Serve Safe certification required within 30 days of hire
• Experience with Coupa purchasing software preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite required
• English required, Spanish preferred

Have Fun. Serve Others. Do Right. Drive Value. Do Good. Be Safe. These are the values Vail Resorts employees embrace daily. As the premier mountain resort company in the world and a leader in luxury, destination-based travel at iconic locations, we operate in three highly integrated and interdependent segments including mountain, lodging and real estate. Vail Resorts employees are good at what they do and we welcome people who bring enthusiasm, pride and commitment to creating an Experience of a Lifetime to our stakeholders.

Vail Resorts is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.