Airline Kitchen Lead Cook – High-Volume Catering

Gate Gourmet; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

gategroup is seeking a Head Cook to lead high-volume catering kitchen operations. You will prepare food according to recipes, supervise cooks, and ensure adherence to airline standards and sanitation policies.

Responsibilities include maintaining inventory, logging temperatures, and ensuring quality and efficiency in production. A culinary degree or cook certification is preferred, with 2+ years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Culinary degree or cook certification preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in a high-volume institutional catering environment.
• Experience maintaining temperature logs for all items.
• Recipe conversion experience needed to meet daily production.

Responsibilities

• Assembles equipment per airline specifications with procedures and diagrams.
• Packages and prepares alcoholic beverages for airline flights.
• Keeps production areas compliant with sanitation standards and customer requirements.
• Documents inventory in accordance with requirements.
• Follows directions and works as a team member.
• Supports Hot Food leadership in monitoring production quality and efficiencies.
• Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Skills

Food safety

Team leadership

Communication

Reading recipes

Education

Culinary degree or cook certification

Job description

gategroup is seeking a Head Cook to lead high-volume catering kitchen operations. You will prepare food according to recipes, supervise cooks, and ensure adherence to airline standards and sanitation policies.

Responsibilities include maintaining inventory, logging temperatures, and ensuring quality and efficiency in production. A culinary degree or cook certification is preferred, with 2+ years of relevant experience.