Chef Manager

Genuine Foods; Garden City (ID); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement benefits

Paid time off

401K

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Genuine Foods is seeking a Chef Manager for a Higher Education facility to lead culinary operations and onsite staff. You will plan engaging menus, ensure high quality meals, train catering staff, and manage events with a focus on cost efficiency and guest satisfaction.

Responsibilities include menu development, labor and food cost management, and ensuring food safety standards. You will drive client relationships, oversee inventory, and champion a culture of service excellence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of high-volume production experience in executive chef or chef manager roles.
• Experience across catering, hospital/healthcare, education or hotel/restaurant operations.
• Comfortable with numbers, budgeting, and food cost controls.
• Strong leadership, training and team development abilities.

Responsibilities

• Generate seasonal menus with the culinary team, aligning with client preferences and nutrition.
• Lead a team of cooks and catering staff, with on-site coaching and scheduling.
• Oversee event set-ups, catering orders and client visits to grow the business.
• Manage daily food preparation, safety, sanitation and kitchen organization.
• Oversee weekly P&L and communicate performance to internal and external teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Menu development

Budgeting / cost control

Food safety

Staff training

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 Chef Manager 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.The Chef collaborates with the existing culinary and operations management team and manages the onsite staff. Main responsibilities include planning exciting and engaging meals and menus, leading a team of cooks and food service workers, and contributing to the exceptional daily prep and service of each meal.You will be responsible for managing the Catering Department in all duties including training new associates, overseeing event set-ups, and directing any temporary personnel in addition to their everyday assignments) 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 guests relying on our services for their meals.ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIESGenerate seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for our clients while being mindful of client preferences, tastes and nutrition.Collaborate with the Food Service Director and corporate culinary team to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards.Team member management, staffing, scheduling, coaching, etc with assistance of HR as needed.Menu development and costing, ordering and inventory management.Train all catering staff in service standards, menu presentation, and providing customer service the Genuine way.Crafting and taking catering orders, growing the catering business, while maintaining client relationships.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 needed3+ 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.Previous catering experience in restaurants, hotels, corporate dining, educational institutions, healthcare, military and/or other food service operations required.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 technologyBenefits and PerksHealth and retirement benefitsPaid time off401KPerformance-based bonusesGENUINE VALUESTRUSTWORTHINESS: 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 resultsand 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.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.