Culinary Manager

Life Time Inc.; Westfield (MA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Time, Inc. is seeking a LifeCafe Chef to lead and coordinate the assembly and prep team, ensuring recipes are followed and food costs stay within budget.

The role involves supervising cooks and dishwashers, training staff, and assisting with inventory control while upholding Life Time’s mission and brand. Responsibilities include managing daily back-of-house operations, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring consistent portion sizes and cooking methods.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience.
• Previous kitchen experience.
• ServSafe Food Manager Certification or equivalent.
• ServSafe Alcohol Safety or equivalent (if applicable).
• ServSafe Allergen Certification or equivalent (if applicable).
• Ability to stay calm and overcome any food production issues.
• Ability to stand, walk, and/or sit for long periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Maintains daily back-of-house operations including cleanliness, ordering, and prep-level checks.
• Observes and manages cooks and dishwashers to ensure portions and cooking follow recipe standards.
• Supervises, trains, develops, and assesses cooks and dishwashers to ensure growth through feedback.
• Maximizes profit by controlling food costs through recipe adherence, ordering and par levels; assists inventory control.
• Makes recommendations on hiring, promotion, and termination to the Café Leader.

Skills

High school diploma or equivalent

2+ years experience

Kitchen experience

ServSafe Food Manager

ServSafe Alcohol (if applicable)

ServSafe Allergen (if applicable)

Calm under pressure

Stamina to stand long

Education

Culinary school diploma

Job description

Position Summary

The LifeCafe Chef leads and coordinates activities of assembly and prep team members and other workers engaged in preparing and cooking food. They are responsible for keeping cost of goods in line with or better than budget. They provide leadership in the fulfillment of Life Time’s mission statement and brand.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains daily operations of back of house including maintaining cleanliness, ordering food and supplies, evaluating prep lists and par levels
• Observes and manages workers engaged in preparing and portioning foods to ensure that methods of cooking and sizes of portions are following recipe standards
• Supervises, trains, develops, and assesses cooks and dishwashers to ensure continuous growth through orientations, direction, and feedback
• Maximizes profit by controlling food costs through recipe adherence, proper ordering and par levels. Assists the Café Leader with inventory control
• Makes recommendations on the hiring, the promotion and termination of employees to the Café Leader

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience
• Previous kitchen experience
• ServSafe Food Manager Certification or equivalent
• ServSafe Alcohol Safety or equivalent (if applicable)
• ServSafe Allergen Certification or equivalent (if applicable)
• Ability to stay calm and overcome any food production issues
• Ability to stand, walk, and/or sit for long periods of time

Preferred Requirements

• Culinary school Diploma
• Leader of a kitchen team – Ordering, Inventory, Cost Control and Menu Development

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.