Campus Field Chef: Rotating Kitchen Lead

Upper-Crust-Food-Service; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking a Field Chef to provide agile, campus-wide culinary coverage across all houses on a qualifying campus, rotating to support daily service and events.

You will lead service, ensure menu execution to each house's standards, coordinate with kitchen teams, manage prep, food safety, and special events, and participate in development and promotion readiness.

Qualifications

• Culinary degree or equivalent professional kitchen experience.
• 3+ years in a professional kitchen, with at least 1 year at the Sous Chef level or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to execute a menu designed by another chef to that chef's standard.
• Strong food safety knowledge; ServSafe certification or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Receive daily assignments from the Area Manager or Operations Specialist and lead service.
• Execute the house's planned menu to the standard expected by clients, preserving continuity during the absence.
• Manage back-of-house operations for the day including prep coordination, station setup, food safety compliance, and service execution.
• Partner with the house front-of-house team on day-of logistics, dietary accommodations, and guest needs.
• Rotate across all houses served on campus, building working relationships with each house's team, clients, and leadership.
• Learn each kitchen's equipment, inventory systems, vendor relationships, and service cadence.
• Document insights, standards, and opportunities observed across houses to inform campus-wide best practices.
• Provide pre-service prep assistance at houses with high-volume meal periods.
• Support new house onboarding during the first weeks of service on a new campus contract.
• Execute special events including philanthropies, recruitment events, and formal dinners.
• Complete structured shadow time with senior chefs as part of a documented development plan.

Skills

Culinary skills

Leadership

Flexibility

Food Safety

Education

Culinary degree or equivalent

Tools

ServSafe Certification

Job description

Upper Crust Food Service is seeking a Field Chef to provide agile, campus-wide culinary coverage across all houses on a qualifying campus, rotating to support daily service and events.

You will lead service, ensure menu execution to each house's standards, coordinate with kitchen teams, manage prep, food safety, and special events, and participate in development and promotion readiness.