Hospital Culinary Director: Lead Patient-Centric Dining

Aramark Correctional Services; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Healthcare+ seeks an Executive Chef to lead culinary operations at Houston Medical Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX.

The role oversees chef managers and hourly staff, delivering high-quality food and service, while aligning with customer needs and company standards. Extensive leadership and hands-on culinary expertise are essential to drive menus, execution, and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of culinary experience required.
• At least 2 years of experience in a culinary leadership or management role.
• 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

Responsibilities

• Ensures culinary production connects to the Executional Framework.
• Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques for preparation, production, presentation, and service.
• Manages a culinary team, including chef managers and hourly staff, to ensure quality in final presentation of food.
• Train and manage culinary staff to use best practice food production techniques.
• Coach employees by creating a shared understanding of goals and methods to achieve them.
• Reward and recognize employees.
• Plan and conduct team meetings and daily huddles.
• Maintain staff records including training, opening/closing checklists, and performance data.
• Develop and maintain client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial relationships.
• Interact directly with guests daily.
• Aggregate and communicate regional culinary and ingredient trends.
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets.
• Focus on margin improvement; monitor performance metrics, data, orders and inventory trends.
• Ensure accurate execution of the daily menu and food quality and safety standards
• Comply with safety, wage and hour policies as per Aramark standards.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Team management

Education

Culinary degree or equivalent

Job description

Aramark Healthcare+ seeks an Executive Chef to lead culinary operations at Houston Medical Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX.

The role oversees chef managers and hourly staff, delivering high-quality food and service, while aligning with customer needs and company standards. Extensive leadership and hands-on culinary expertise are essential to drive menus, execution, and guest satisfaction.