Executive Chef

Creative Dining; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Dining Services is seeking an Executive Chef for their Indiana University Southeast location. The role involves overseeing culinary operations, ensuring high-quality food service, and managing kitchen staff. Ideal candidates will possess a Culinary Arts Degree and relevant experience, with a focus on quality and fiscal responsibility.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Bonus opportunities

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years cooking experience.
• ServSafe certification required.
• Management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates in hiring, training, and performance appraisals of kitchen staff.
• Supervises culinary activities and controls inventory.
• Establishes food quality standards and participates in Food Committee meetings.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Team Management

Inventory Control

Education

Culinary Arts Degree

Job description

Be Creative…with Creative Dining Services!

Creative Dining Services is currently seeking an Executive Chef at our Indiana University Southeast location in New Albany, IN. As the culinary expert, the Executive Chef works within the Dining Services Department to ensure high quality, properly seasoned, nutritious food is being provided throughout the operation, in a fiscally responsible and safe manner. The Executive Chef is part of the Dining Services Management team that works professionally together to make sure the needs of the customer, client, staff, and colleagues are met.

Core Responsibilities of the Executive Chef:

• Participates in hiring, training, scheduling, time keeping, performance appraisals, and disciplinary actions of kitchen staff
• Supervises and coordinates culinary activities in all operations
• Makes food purchases and controls inventory in a fiscally responsible manner
• Standardizes the production of menus and recipes to ensure quality is offered at all times; communicates with the Creative Dining Services Home Office regarding changes to production recipes and menus as necessary
• Establishes food quality standards; participates in Food Committee meetings

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Culinary Arts Degree, with a minimum of five years cooking experience
• ServSafe certification
• Management experience, preferred
• Membership to the American Culinary Federation, preferred

We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Bonus opportunities
• 401(k) with a company match
• Paid time off
• And much, much more!

Why Creative Dining Services?

Creative Dining Services partners with college, universities, Fortune 100 companies, full-service senior living communities, conference centers and K-12 schools and camps to provide a different kind of hospitality and facility management services experience – one that’s fun, innovative, and focused on your community. Why? Because that’s how it should be.

Creative Dining Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.