Executive Chef

Aramark; Blue Springs (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking an Executive Chef in Blue Springs, Mississippi. This management role oversees chef managers and culinary staff to develop culinary solutions that meet customer needs. Candidates should have a culinary degree and 4+ years of culinary experience, including 2 years in a management position.

The Executive Chef will ensure food quality, execute training, and maintain compliance with safety standards. Strong leadership, communication skills, and deep knowledge of culinary practices are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years culinary experience.
• At least 2 years in a management role preferred.
• Requires advanced knowledge within the food profession.

Responsibilities

• Oversee culinary production to ensure quality.
• Manage chef managers and hourly staff.
• Ensure compliance with food quality and safety standards.

Skills

Culinary Management

Food Safety Standards

Team Leadership

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

Culinary Degree or Equivalent Experience

Job description

The Executive 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
• Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, including production, presentation, and service standards
• Manages a culinary team, including chef managers and hourly staff, to ensure quality in final presentation of food
• Train and manage culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques
• Coach employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved
• Reward and recognize employees
• Plan and execute team meetings and daily huddles
• Complete and maintain all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data
• Develop and maintain effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
• Interact directly with guests daily
• Aggregate and communicate regional culinary and ingredient trends
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets
• Consistent focus on margin improvement; understanding performance metrics, data, order, and inventory trends
• Ensure efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
• Maintain integrity of the standard Aramark food offer; responsible for always maintaining food quality and safety of items
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through managing customer driven menus and labor standards
• Understand end to end supply chain and procurement process and systems, ensuring only authorized suppliers are used
• Full knowledge and implementation of the Food Framework
• Ensure accuracy of estimated food consumption for appropriate requisitions and/or food purchase
• Ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance
• Ensure compliance with Aramark SAFE food and Quality Assurance standards, occupational and environmental safety policies in all culinary and kitchen operations
• Comply with all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour

Qualifications

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

In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.