HARVEST THYME TAVERN, a popular, thriving restaurant located at the west end of Davidsonville, MD on Central Avenue, is seeking a hands-on CHEF to lead our kitchen. If you have a passion for food, aspire to grow and share your talent and experience, have a strong work ethic and the ability to groom and lead a team, we would like to meet you.

Background: Opening in October 2017, our restaurant continues to enjoy a loyal and growing clientele from the South County, Annapolis, Crofton, Bowie communities and beyond in the Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties. Over the past 5 years, we have received awards and been recognized in several Annapolis and West County publications for achievements including: Best New Restaurant, Best Chef, Best Wine List and Best Appetizers to name a few.

The restaurant is open 6 days each week (closed on Mondays), serves dinner every day, lunch on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and brunch on Sunday. We close at 9PM weeknights and 10PM weekends. We have an open kitchen that allows the staff to see the guests whom they are serving and allows the guests to see the professionals who are preparing their meals, thus enhancing the dining experience for everyone.

A hallmark of Harvest Thyme is our ideology that all recipes be made from scratch, focusing our culinary skills on creating dishes using real food while avoiding artificial ingredients. We use classic cooking techniques and local, fresh ingredients to the extent available. We cut our own fish and steaks and bake most of our own desserts.

Duties and Responsibilities: With a regular schedule of 55-60 hours per week, the CHEF reports directly to the owner/executive chef. The CHEF leads and manages a team of about 20 other staff. The successful candidate must have excellent demonstrated cooking skills; be creative in developing new recipes; understand pricing and profit margins; have experience training, developing, managing and leading subordinate staff; understand the importance of and is willing to work on-the-line to guide the kitchen effectively through every meal service, ensuring the timely and accurate completion of guest tickets; and oversee inventory management, daily setup and cleanup of the kitchen, restrooms and entire facility.

Other responsibilities:

• Anticipate ingredient needs, place orders and stock inventory,
• Pay attention to costing to get the best quality and quantity for the most effective price,
• Schedule kitchen staff ensuring adequate staffing daily from set up through clean up,
• Delegate assignments to staff and offer assistance, guidance and/or training when needed,
• Ensure a productive kitchen flow that upholds the standards of Harvest Thyme.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Familiar with kitchen equipment, processes, health/safety standards and guidelines,

- Proficient at sauté - is quick, thorough, organized and able to manage multiple dishes at the same time,

• Possesses strong and effective verbal communication skills, especially during service,
• Works well under pressure; adaptable and flexible to high traffic and kitchen volume,
• Demonstrates and promotes teamwork skills not only within the kitchen but with other teams in the restaurant,
• Willing to learn, accept direction and constructive critique, and support/promote the Harvest Thyme standards,
• Able to anticipate the needs of others and proactively work to meet those needs,
• Attention to detail.

Salary based on experience,

Benefits include vacation pay, retirement, medical insurance.

Available shifts and compensation: We have available shifts all days of the week. Compensation depends on your experience.

About Harvest Thyme: Harvest Thyme’s mission is to bring back the basics of true cooking. Inspired by his family and his travels, Rik's mission is to highlight fresh ingredients, healthy options, and classic techniques. His goal is to utilize local farmer’s produce when available and use larger food distributors sparingly. Using natural ingredients, he is able to produce unique dishes that are not only delicious but healthy too Learn more about us at https://www.harvestthymetavern.com/.

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