Campus Dining Sous Chef

Paycom - ATS; La Grande (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Holiday Pay

Job summary

Genuine Foods is hiring a Sous Chef to join our growing team. You will collaborate with the culinary leadership to craft seasonal menus, lead cooks and food service staff, and ensure high-quality meals for students and clients.

Responsibilities include on-site events, client visits, and maintaining food safety, cost controls, and efficient operations. We value local sourcing, learning, and a strong people-first culture.

Qualifications

• Previous high-volume production, catering, hotel, restaurant, or relevant experience is highly desired.
• 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.
• Superior ability to manage labor and food costs.
• Very comfortable working with numbers and technology.

Responsibilities

• Execute and help craft seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for clients, while considering preferences and nutrition.
• Collaborate with the Chef and Food Service Director to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards.
• Oversee daily food preparation and serving, including staff training and site cleanliness.
• Lead on-site client visits and events, contribute to account management, and ensure on-time service.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety

Menu planning

Labor cost control

Attention to detail

Seasonal ingredients

Tools

Numbers & technology

Job description

ABOUT GENUINE FOODSAt 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 POSITIONAs a Sous Chef for Genuine Foods, you will ensure that students and families enjoy the scratch made and delicious meals they deserve! We are a progressive, rapidly growing food service company that serves schools and other intuitions across the country.The sous chef collaborates with the chef manager and operations management team and collaborate on the menu. Main responsibilities include helping execute exciting and engaging meals and menus, assisting in leading a team of cooks and food service workers, and contributing to the exceptional daily prep and service of each meal. This includes overseeing on-site client visits and events, account management, and ensuring that all menu items that are produced are of high quality and delight the students relying on our services for their meals.Execute and help craft seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for our clients while being mindful of client preferences, tastes and nutrition.Collaborate with the Chef and Food Service Director to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards.Ensure all items are cooked correctly based on recipe and standardsComplies for food safety and sanitation requirements.Assist in managing and coaching 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 feedbackPrevious high-volume production, catering, hotel, restaurant, or relevant experience is highly desired.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.Benefits and Perks:Health and retirement benefitsPaid time offHoliday PayGetting in on the ground of a growing companyGENUINE VALUES:TRUSTWORTHINESS: We operate by our commitment to integrity, reliability, andconsistency. 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'sbackbone of hospitality. Every person matters and every person is seen.TRANSPARENCY: We are proud to offer openness and candor in every aspect of ourbusiness—from service standards, to purchasing, to financials. That’s what successfulpartnerships are based on.