Executive Chef

Aramark; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Healthcare+ in the North Dallas area is seeking an Executive Chef to oversee chef managers, utility staff, and hourly culinary staff, developing and executing culinary solutions for Baylor Scott and White Health System. The Executive Chef will ensure culinary standards, lead a diverse team, train staff, and manage food quality, safety, production, and service to meet client tastes and expectations.

This role requires strong leadership and the ability to drive margins while delivering

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of culinary experience; large retail or premier hotels preferred.
• 5+ years in a management role preferred.
• 5–10 years of executive level catering preferred.
• Culinary Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to simplify the agenda for the team.
• Advanced knowledge of the principles and practices in the food profession; experience in people management.
• Excellent oral, reading, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Connect culinary production to the Executional Framework.
• Maintain proper culinary standards for preparation, presentation, and service.
• Lead a culinary team, including chefs and hourly staff, ensuring quality.
• Train and manage kitchen staff using best production techniques.
• Coach staff to align on goals and execution.
• Reward and recognize employees.
• Plan and run team meetings and daily huddles.
• Maintain staff records including training, shift openings/closings, and performance data.
• Develop client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial relationships.
• Interact with guests daily.
• Monitor regional culinary and ingredient trends.
• Deliver food and labor targets.
• Focus on margin improvement; monitor performance metrics, data, orders and inventory trends.
• Ensure efficient delivery of culinary products per daily menu.
• Maintain Aramark food quality and safety standards; comply with safety policies.
• Understand end-to-end supply chain and procurement processes; ensure approved suppliers.

Skills

Culinary experience

Team management

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Food safety knowledge

Leadership

Ability to simplify agendas

People management

Education

Culinary Degree or equivalent

Job description

Aramark Healthcare+ is expanding in the North Dallas Texas area. We are seeking Executive Chefs to join the Baylor Scott and White Health System that will oversee chef managers, utility staff as well as hourly culinary staff, with overall responsibility for developing and executing culinary solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. Executive Chefs will offer a wide variety of culinary solutions to meet client needs and tastes. Oversees and manages culinary operations to meet production, presentation, and service standards. The Executive Chef will apply culinary techniques to food preparation and manage the final presentation and service of food.

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 five – eight years of culinary experience from large retail, premier hotel is preferred
• At least five years in a management role preferred
• Five to 10 years of executive level catering 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

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.

Nearest Major Market: Plano
Nearest Secondary Market: Dallas