Chef de Cuisine

The Role
Timbers is a full-service restaurant in Ketchum, with legendary mountain views, a stunning bar, and food guests rave about. Birdie’s is our seasonal snack shack just down the hill. We’re hiring a Chef de Cuisine to help take our food to the next level.

You own what goes out every night -- the quality, the consistency, and the pace. It’s a high-volume kitchen with real seasonal peaks: busy summers, a big winter season, and quieter shoulder months that are the time to train, refine, and plan.

You’ll work closely with our Kitchen Manager and Culinary Director.

What You Own

• Execution -- Every plate that leaves the kitchen: quality, consistency, and timing, held to the standard every night.
• Service -- On the line in service, calling the pass and keeping tickets moving at volume.
• Culinary standards -- Training our cooks on technique and consistency, and raising the bar on every dish.
• The menu -- Bringing the menu to life with our Culinary Director, and developing specials and seasonal changes.
• Kitchen operations -- Ordering, inventory, and vendor relationships, working closely with our Kitchen Manager.
• Food cost -- Helping hit food cost targets, in partnership with our kitchen management team and the GM.
• Kitchen standards -- Sanitation, food safety, and organization. A kitchen that runs clean and is always inspection-ready.
• Birdie’s -- Keeping the food at Birdie’s to our standard in season.

What Success Looks Like

• The food is excellent and consistent every night, whatever the volume.
• Ticket times hold on the busiest nights of the year.
• Cooks are learning and getting better, and good people want to work here.
• Food cost lands on target.
• The kitchen is clean, organized, and inspection-ready.

Who We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading a high-volume kitchen, ideally as a chef de cuisine or executive sous chef.
• A strong culinary foundation, and a genuine love for food done well.
• Calm under pressure, clear, and someone cooks want to learn from.
• Hands-on experience running full kitchen operations -- ordering, inventory, vendors, food cost, and labor -- not just the line.
• Experience managing seasonal swings in volume is a plus.

Compensation & Schedule
A competitive salary plus benefits including 401(k), healthcare, health club membership, golf privileges, and access to a shared Sun Valley ski pass. Specifics to be discussed.

Full-time, including nights, weekends, and holidays during peak seasons.