Chef Manager

Genuine Foods; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Foods is seeking a Chef Manager to oversee meal service at a Higher Education facility. Responsibilities include menu planning, team leadership, and ensuring high-quality meals, all within a thriving food service environment. Join their mission to deliver wholesome meals and enhance community well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service management.
• Skills in menu development and kitchen operations.
• Ability to lead and manage a culinary team.

Responsibilities

• Generate seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team.
• Manage and coach the team overseeing food preparation and service.
• Collaborate with the Food Service Director to ensure menu efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Menu Development

Inventory Management

Customer Service

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Base pay range

$60,000.00/yr - $70,000.00/yr

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 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 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 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 needed

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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