Campus Dining Executive Chef (8773)

Genuine Foods; Chicopee (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

401K

Job summary

Genuine Foods is seeking an Executive Chef to lead the kitchen at a Higher Education facility in Chicopee, MA. You will craft seasonally inspired, scratch-made menus and supervise a culinary team to deliver meals that meet client expectations and nutrition goals.

You will collaborate with the Regional Director to optimize labor, food costs, and operations, while ensuring safety, quality, and timely service across catering events and daily service.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of high-volume production or relevant food service experience in Executive Chef roles.
• Ability to adapt to change and accept feedback while cooking from recipes.
• Passion for seasonal ingredients and local sourcing.
• Experience leading teams with varied culinary skills.
• Commitment to ongoing training and professional development.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong labor and food cost management.
• Enjoys mentoring and developing culinary staff.
• Comfort with numbers and technology.

Responsibilities

• Generate seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for clients while considering preferences and nutrition.
• Collaborate with the Regional Director to meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards.
• Oversee catering operations including logistics, sanitation, food safety, and facility activities.
• Menu development, costing, ordering and inventory management.
• Maintain inventory records and invoicing.
• Oversee daily food preparation and serving, ensuring culinary and operational excellence, staff training, and site cleanliness.
• Oversee weekly P&L and communicate performance to internal and external teams.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation requirements.

Skills

High-volume production

Adaptability

Local sourcing

Team leadership

Learning mindset

Attention to detail

Labor cost management

People development

Numeracy & tech

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: MA - Hampden County - Chicopee, MA 01013

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 Salary/year

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Category: Operations - Food Service

ABOUT GENUINE FOODS

At Genuine Foods we create nourishing food environments at schools and workplaces through great-tasting and wholesome meals, made from genuine ingredients. We are a growing social enterprise that uses food to enhance health, productivity and happiness. We believe that fresh, scratch-made food together with unparalleled service and meaningful enrichment programs can transform lives and build community. Food service management is what we do, but what we achieve together with our customers, our partners and our dedicated team goes beyond the plate.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

As an Executive Chef for Genuine Foods, you will ensure that students and families enjoy the scratch made and delicious meals they deserve! This role is based in a Higher Education facility.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Generate seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for our clients while being mindful of client preferences, tastes and nutrition.
• Collaborate with the Regional Director to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards.
• Involvement in all catering event operations including logistics, quality improvement and control, sanitation and food safety, and all facility related activities.
• Collaborate with the Regional Director to ensure menus meet transportation requirements, if applicable.
• Team member management, staffing, scheduling, coaching, etc with assistance of HR as needed.
• Menu development and costing, ordering and inventory management.
• Ensure supplies, ingredients and raw materials availability to produce meals, while minimizing waste, is required.
• Maintain inventory records and invoicing.
• Complies for food safety and sanitation requirements.
• Manage and coach the team overseeing all aspects of daily food preparation & serving including culinary and operational excellence, staff/skills training, daily troubleshooting, recipe adherence, and site cleanliness and organization.
• Continuously improve and propel forward culinary aspects of operations from sourcing and receiving, to menu/recipe development and feedback.
• Oversee weekly P&L and communicate performance to internal and external teams.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Meal participation rates, client meal feedback and scores and kitchen team retention and turnover.
• Any other duties as assigned or needed

Qualifications

• 3+ years of previous high-volume production, contract food service, healthcare, catering, hotel, restaurant, or relevant experience is highly desired in an Executive Chef or Chef Manager role.
• Comfortable with change, feedback, and the ability to be passionate when cooking from recipes that you didn’t make.
• Passion for seasonal ingredients and local sourcing.
• Experience in leading teams with varying culinary skill levels and interest.
• Commitment to continuous learning and on-going training.
• Demonstrated organizational and superior attention to detail skills.
• Superior ability to manage labor and food costs.
• Enjoys working with people and growing and developing a culinary team.
• Very comfortable working with numbers and technology

GENUINE VALUES

• TRUSTWORTHINESS: We operate by our commitment to integrity, reliability, and consistency. Our clients deserve our very best—every single time.
• PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY: We are creative problem-solvers who own our results and can immediately identify solutions. We learn from our mistakes. No excuses.
• PEOPLE FIRST: We are first-and-foremost a people-centered organization. It's the backbone of hospitality. Every person matters and every person is seen.
• TRANSPARENCY: We are proud to offer openness and candor in every aspect of our business—from service standards,to purchasing,to financials. That’s what successful partnerships are based on.

Benefits and Perks:

• Health and retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• 401K
• Performance-based bonuses

Genuine Foods provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.