Executive Chef — High-Volume Hospital Kitchen Leader

Compass Healthcare; Maryville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance/ AD

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Holiday Time Off

Personal Leave

Health and Wellness Programs

FSAs

Job summary

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is seeking an Executive Chef to lead the Prisma Health System's kitchens, delivering high‑volume, quality meals for patients, staff and visitors. You will manage daily operations, develop menus, train and motivate staff, control costs, ensure safety and sanitation, and maintain standards across the dining program in a hospital setting.

This hands‑on leadership role requires strong culinary vision, capacity to work across disciplines, and

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent culinary experience.
• Three to five years of progressive culinary or kitchen management experience.
• Hands-on chef leadership experience required.
• Experience in high-volume, complex foodservice operations strongly preferred.
• Institutional and batch-cooking experience.
• Catering experience is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of food trends, production, sanitation, presentation and food-cost controls.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and email.

Responsibilities

• Lead all culinary and kitchen operations.
• Develop regular and modified menus following established guidelines.
• Ensure recipes, portioning and presentation standards are consistently followed.
• Monitor food quality through daily production sheets, waste logs and meal tastings.
• Hire, train, develop and motivate kitchen staff.
• Train employees on food preparation, equipment operation, safe food handling and sanitation.
• Maintain cleaning and preventive maintenance schedules for equipment, storage and work areas.
• Manage food and non-food inventory while controlling costs and ensuring products are available.
• Oversee the proper use of leftover food products within company guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local health and sanitation regulations.
• Maintain readiness for health department and third‑party audits.
• Follow all facility, department and company safety policies.
• Participate in departmental meetings, staff development and professional programs.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

High-volume kitchen ops

Menu development

Food cost controls

Sanitation knowledge

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate degree or equivalent culinary experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is seeking an Executive Chef to lead the Prisma Health System's kitchens, delivering high‑volume, quality meals for patients, staff and visitors. You will manage daily operations, develop menus, train and motivate staff, control costs, ensure safety and sanitation, and maintain standards across the dining program in a hospital setting.

This hands‑on leadership role requires strong culinary vision, capacity to work across disciplines, and