Executive Chef

Chartwells Higher Education; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chartwells Higher Education in the United States is seeking an Executive Chef to lead catering operations, ensure flawless food execution, and build strong client relationships.

The role requires five years of Chef experience in catering with three years in leadership, a passion for quality, and the ability to manage high-volume projects; travel is required within Canada and local site travel, with evenings and weekends possible.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of Chef experience with a strong catering background and three years of leadership experience.
• Experience managing high-volume catering projects and preparing large quantities of meals daily when required.
• Creative ability to apply current food trends and presentations to menus and food service operations.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Very detail-oriented and a strong team player.
• Excellent client relationship management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure catering food execution is flawless.
• Develop positive client relationships and ensure client satisfaction with service and menu options.
• Demonstrate creativity with menus and knowledge of trends while following Healthy Eating Guidelines.
• Follow all H&S policies, HACCP, and safety regulations.
• Oversee staff in their stations and maintain cleanliness of all kitchen areas.
• Coordinate workplace inspections and WHMIS training; report incidents to Food Service Director.

Skills

Leadership experience

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

MS Outlook/Word/Excel

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Description

Now, if you were to come on board as one of ourExecutive Chef, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• Ensure catering food execution is flawless.
• Develop positive client relationships and ensure overall client satisfaction with service and menu options are achieved.
• Demonstrate creativity with menus, knowledge of the newest trends/cutting-edge cooking while following Healthy Eating Guidelines.
• Follow all H&S policies and regulations as well as HACCP.
• Oversee staff in their stations and maintain cleanliness of all stations and kitchen areas.
• Ensure strict compliance with Compass Quality Assurance and Health and Safety Programs, Occupational Health and Safety Act and WHMIS regulations.
• Coordinate frequent workplace inspections and WHMIS training of all staff and promptly report any workplace incident to the Food Service Director or designate.

Think you have what it takes to be theExecutive Chef? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role.

• Minimum five years of Chef experience with a strong catering background and three years of leadership experience.
• You have great experience managing high-volume catering projects and the ability to prepare a large quantity of meals, daily, by yourself (when required).
• Creative ability to apply current food trends and presentations to menus and food service operations.
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Very detail-oriented individual and a strong team player.
• Good client relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Proficiency with MS Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends (when required).
• Able to travel within Canada.
• You have a valid driver’s license and the ability to travel locally between sites.