District Chef: Lead Flavor & School Nutrition

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence; Kingman (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence in Kingman, AZ, is seeking a District Chef to design menus, lead culinary training, and elevate school meals across a regional chain.

This hands-on leadership role blends creativity with operations oversight, guiding kitchen teams, ensuring safety, controlling costs, and mentoring cooks to deliver nutritious, appealing meals for students every day.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or GED; an Associate's degree in Culinary Arts or related Bachelor's preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in kitchen/back-of-house operations; school food service experience highly desired.
• Budgeting and food cost control knowledge required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food according to standardized recipes and production records.
• Create new recipes using commodity and purchased ingredients.
• Conduct taste tests and chef demonstrations with students and staff.
• Design cost-effective, appealing, and nutritionally balanced student menus.
• Enter menus into the nutritional analysis program.
• Place food and supply orders while monitoring cost control.
• Train kitchen staff on food safety, HACCP, cooking techniques, and presentation.
• Collaborate with Cafeteria Managers to ensure meal quality.
• Follow all local health department and company safety regulations.
• Supervise and evaluate kitchen team members.
• Submit reports as assigned and ensure timely compliance.
• Support other duties as assigned to improve culinary operations.

Skills

Leadership

Food safety & HACCP

Budgeting & cost control

Menu development

Team training

Communication

Education

Associate's degree in Culinary Arts

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence in Kingman, AZ, is seeking a District Chef to design menus, lead culinary training, and elevate school meals across a regional chain.

This hands-on leadership role blends creativity with operations oversight, guiding kitchen teams, ensuring safety, controlling costs, and mentoring cooks to deliver nutritious, appealing meals for students every day.