Executive Chef — High-Volume Commissary

Aramark Ireland Holdings Limited; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeWorks Restaurant Group, part of Aramark's Workplace Experience Group, seeks an Executive Chef to lead a central kitchen feeding 16,000+ guests daily. You will drive culinary excellence, safety, and efficiency across a large-scale operation while managing chef managers and hourly staff.

You will oversee production standards, training, and supplier relationships, ensuring food quality and margin targets are met in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive culinary leadership experience in high-volume operations.
• Extensive knowledge of industrial-grade equipment and large-batch cooking methods.
• Hands-on experience with sous vide, cook-chill systems, and related tech.
• Advanced HACCP, sanitation, allergen controls, and QA programs.
• Experience managing large-scale purchasing, inventory, and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper implementation and monitoring of critical control points through receiving, production, and service
• Lead safety audits and corrective action plans for the team
• Ensure culinary production connects to the Executional Framework
• Maintain standards for production, presentation, and service
• Manage a culinary team including chef managers and hourly staff
• Train and manage culinary staff in best practices
• Coach employees by creating a shared understanding about goals and methods
• Plan and run team meetings and daily huddles
• Maintain staff records and performance data
• Develop client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial relationships
• Interact directly with guests daily
• Share regional culinary and ingredient trends
• Deliver food and labor targets
• Focus on margin improvement; monitor performance metrics and trends
• Ensure efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
• Maintain food quality and safety of items
• Comply with Operational Excellence fundamentals: waste, menus, recipes, ingredients
• Understand end-to-end supply chain and procurement processes
• Implement the Food Framework
• Estimate food consumption for requisitions

Skills

Culinary leadership

Operations management

Food safety

Team coaching

Menu planning

Tools

Sous vide

Cook-chill

Blast chillers

Vacuum packaging

High-capacity machinery

Job description

LifeWorks Restaurant Group, part of Aramark's Workplace Experience Group, seeks an Executive Chef to lead a central kitchen feeding 16,000+ guests daily. You will drive culinary excellence, safety, and efficiency across a large-scale operation while managing chef managers and hourly staff.

You will oversee production standards, training, and supplier relationships, ensuring food quality and margin targets are met in a fast-paced environment.