District Chef: Lead Menus, Train Teams, Elevate Meals

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence; Georgetown (TX); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence is seeking a District Chef to lead school meal programs. The role focuses on planning menus, training kitchen teams, and ensuring high culinary standards across multiple schools.

As a hands-on leader, you will mentor cooks, manage food safety, and design nutritionally balanced meals that appeal to students. This full-time position requires strong budgeting skills and collaboration with district stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred in culinary arts or related field.
• 3+ years of kitchen/back-of-house experience.
• Prior school food service experience strongly desired.
• Knowledge of budgeting and food cost control.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Culinary leadership

Food safety

Budgeting

Communication

Ausbildung

HS diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

SFE- Southwest Foodservice Excellence is seeking a District Chef to lead school meal programs. The role focuses on planning menus, training kitchen teams, and ensuring high culinary standards across multiple schools.

As a hands-on leader, you will mentor cooks, manage food safety, and design nutritionally balanced meals that appeal to students. This full-time position requires strong budgeting skills and collaboration with district stakeholders.