Executive Catering Chef

Genesis Health Clubs; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and fitness company is seeking an Executive Catering Chef to oversee culinary operations, manage staff, and ensure high-quality food service. The role requires strong leadership skills and a solid culinary background, focusing on customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 4 years of culinary experience.
• At least 2 years in a management role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and manages culinary operations to meet production and service standards.
• Trains and manages culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques.
• Ensures compliance with safety, health, and operational policies.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

Culinary Experience

Job description

The Executive Catering Chef is a management position overseeing chef managers as well as hourly culinary staff, responsible for developing and executing culinary solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. Offers a wide variety of culinary solutions to meet customer and client needs and tastes. Oversees and manages culinary operations to meet production, presentation, and service standards. Applies culinary techniques to food preparation and manages the final presentation and service of food.

Job Responsibilities

1. Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
2. Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, including production, presentation, and service standards
3. Manages a culinary team, including chef managers and hourly staff, to ensure quality in final presentation of food
4. Trains and manages culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques
5. Coaches employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved
6. Rewards and recognizes employees
7. Plans and executes team meetings and daily huddles
8. Completes and maintains all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists, and performance data
9. Develops and maintains effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
10. Responsible for delivering food and labor targets
11. Maintains a consistent focus on margin improvement; understanding performance metrics, data, order, and inventory trends
12. Ensures efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
13. Ensures full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes, and ingredients through managing customer-driven menus and labor standards
14. Understands end-to-end supply chain and procurement processes and systems, ensuring only authorized suppliers are used
15. Fully knowledgeable and compliant with the Food Framework
16. Ensures accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase
17. Ensures proper equipment operation and maintenance
18. Complies with all applicable policies, rules, and regulations, including those related to safety, health, wages, and hours

This job profile does not contain a comprehensive listing of all required activities, duties, or responsibilities. Job duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be added at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 4 years of culinary experience
• At least 2 years in a management role preferred
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to simplify the agenda for the team
• Requires advanced knowledge of principles and practices within the food profession, including experiential knowledge for managing people and problems
• Requires strong oral, reading, and written communication skills

About the company

Gyms in Wichita, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Colorado. A results-focused, amenity-rich fitness experience with experienced trainers, fitness classes, and more.