Executive Culinary Operations Manager

Forefront; Pearsall (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Forefront is seeking a Chef Manager to lead culinary operations across resident dining, café/retail, and catered events. You will ensure high-quality meals, proper portioning, and on-time service. You will supervise cooks and staff, manage menus, costs, and inventory, while upholding HACCP and regulatory standards.

This exempt role requires flexibility for days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Travel as needed to support multiple locations or meetings and ensure consistent, high-level dining

Qualifications

• Experience leading culinary teams in healthcare or institutional settings.
• Strong knowledge of menu planning, portion control, and recipe standardization.
• Proven ability to manage inventory, food costs, and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily food production for resident dining, café/retail, and catered events.
• Ensure consistent recipe execution, portion control, and presentation standards.
• Oversee production sheets, batch cooking, and meal service timelines.
• Monitor food quality, taste, temperature, and appearance.
• Support menu development and seasonal programming.
• Supervise cooks, leads, and utility staff; provide coaching and performance feedback.
• Conduct onboarding, training, and competency validation.
• Build schedules aligned with census and service demands.
• Promote teamwork, hospitality, and service excellence.
• Enforce HACCP, ServSafe, allergen, and infection prevention standards.
• Maintain temperature logs, sanitation records, and audit readiness.
• Ensure compliance with health regulations and company policies.
• Lead corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage food cost, labor productivity, and waste control.
• Oversee ordering, receiving, FIFO rotation, and inventory accuracy.
• Assist with recipe costing and menu engineering.
• Maintain purchasing and vendor relationships.

Skills

Culinary Leadership

Menu Development

Staff Coaching

Food Safety

Inventory Management

Job description

Forefront is seeking a Chef Manager to lead culinary operations across resident dining, café/retail, and catered events. You will ensure high-quality meals, proper portioning, and on-time service. You will supervise cooks and staff, manage menus, costs, and inventory, while upholding HACCP and regulatory standards.

This exempt role requires flexibility for days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Travel as needed to support multiple locations or meetings and ensure consistent, high-level dining