Job Description
Position: Performance Chef – Dominican Republican Academy
Department: Baseball International Operations
Reports to: Performance Nutritionist – Dominican Republic Academy
Status: Full Time/Salaried/Benefitted
Location: Boca Chica, Dominican Republic (The Felipe Alou Baseball Academy)
Position Summary:
The Dominican Republic Academy Performance Chef will play a key role in optimizing player performance and health by delivering top-tier food services to the athletes and staff of the San Francisco Giants. Reporting to the Dominican Republic Academy Performance Nutritionist, the Performance Chef will be an integral part of the San Francisco Giants Performance Nutrition Department, collaborating closely with culinary teams across the organization to ensure alignment with nutritional and performance goals. The primary responsibility of the Performance Chef is to lead and oversee the culinary team at the Felipe Alou Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic, ensuring that meals are fresh, locally sourced, sustainable, and nutrient-dense with a focus of made in house. In collaboration with the Performance Nutritionist, the Performance Chef will contribute culinary creativity to develop menus that support players' performance, recovery, and injury prevention. This role emphasizes the integration of chef expertise and dietitian input to craft meals and beverages that meet the nutritional needs of the athletes year-round.
Position Responsibilities:
● Ensure proper health and performance of all San Francisco Giants players, coaches, training staff, and clubhouse employees
● Provide food/beverages of the highest nutritional value possible at all times.
● Maintaining all nutritional guidelines established by the Performance Nutrition Department for the team, and associated staff.
● Collaborating and cross training with the MLB and MiLB Culinary teams to promote authentic and culturally diverse food options.
● Experience in scratch cooking and creating standardized recipes to include minimally processed foods; set the standard for culinary excellence.
● Develop recipes, source, create and execute high-performance menus.
● The ability to execute meal preparation specific to dietary needs as guided by the Performance Dietitian and other medical staff.
● Order and provide locally sourced and highest quality food within the annual budget.
● Must be willing to learn new techniques and safe food practices.
● Must be able to coincide with performance departments requests to maximize performance using high end techniques.
● Must be well versed in all ethnicities of cuisine especially in American and Latin-American cuisine.
● Performing educational demos for players such as knife skills, food selection, cooking demos, etc.
Administrative Duties:
● Submitting at minimum bi-monthly expense reports
● Creating and sharing menus with the Performance Dietitians prior to execution of the menus with enough time to allow for review and making adjustments
● Routine maintenance of equipment
● Maintain organization and cleanliness of working space and storage areas
● Collaborate with Performance Nutritionist and leadership to design and implement a year-round budget within Organization's financial requirements"
● Extensive budget management including the management of annual season, off-season and camp food and beverage budget
● Establishing productive vendor relationships including finding local suppliers, farmers markets when feasible
● Be visible and present during mealtimes to interact with athletes, and staff
● Overseeing all routine kitchen management procedures including (but not limited to) opening and closing checklists, cleaning schedules, temperature checks, waste sheets and pest control
Staff Management:
● The Player Development Executive Performance Chef will manage all kitchen personnel.
● Delivery of pre-shift meetings within team to set expectations and tone for the day.
● In conjunction with the Performance Dietitians, hiring supporting kitchen staff.
● Creating kitchen staff schedules for proper management of labor hours
● Ensure all tasks are performed efficiently and within food safety guidelines
● Provide a professional and positive work environment with staff and players
● Stay up to date on current performance based culinary trends and provide continued internal development of culinary staff
● Holds staff accountable for the highest standards of service and food production
● Perform other duties as assigned
Skills and Qualifications:
● Minimum of 2+ years’ experience as a chef. 1+ years’ experience as a Head/ Executive Chef preferred. Experience working with collegiate or professional sports teams is preferred.
● Graduate of a culinary institute or comparable background/education. Dietetic background or previous experience working with a dietitian a plus
● Bilingual—Spanish and English preferred
● Previous Management Experience of staff and budgets
● Knowledgeable in culinary terms, knife skills and safe food handling.
● Understands and complies with food safety and temperature standards.
● Food Service Manager’s certification required according to local and state law.
● Passion for hospitality, food, and retail.
● Able to work non-traditional hours and remain flexible regarding work schedule.Occasional overnight stays at the academy may be necessary. Overnight accommodations at the Academy will be provided ● Ability to handle confidential matters and information with discretion and diplomacy
● Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
● Proficiency in Microsoft and Google Suites is required for tasks such as menu creation, costing, inventory/ordering, team communication, and documentation.
● Must be able to stand for long periods.
● Must be able to lift up to 25+ lbs.
At the Giants, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition or disability, genetic condition, marital status, domestic partnership status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status and any other protected class under federal, state or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.
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