Lead Airline Kitchen Cook | High-Volume Catering

Gate Gourmet; Cincinnati Southern Junction (KY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

gategroup is seeking a Head Cook to lead cooking operations in our airline catering kitchen. You will prepare and cook items according to recipes, monitor production quality and lead kitchen staff during shifts.

The role requires a culinary degree or cook certification, 2+ years of high-volume institutional catering experience, and the ability to maintain temperature logs and adapt recipes for daily production. Weekend and holiday schedules may apply.

Qualifications

• Culinary degree and/or cook certification preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience cooking in a high-volume institutional catering environment preferred.
• Experience maintaining temperature logs for all food items.
• Recipe conversion experience required to accommodate the kitchen’s daily production needs.

Responsibilities

• Assembles equipment according to airline specifications following procedures and assembly diagrams.
• Packages and prepares alcoholic beverages for airline flights.
• Keeps production areas in compliance with sanitation standards and customer requirements.
• Documents inventory in compliance with requirements.
• Works as a team and supports leadership in monitoring production quality and efficiencies.

Skills

Temperature logs

Recipe conversion

Communication with supervisors

Team collaboration

Education

Culinary degree or cook certification

Job description

gategroup is seeking a Head Cook to lead cooking operations in our airline catering kitchen. You will prepare and cook items according to recipes, monitor production quality and lead kitchen staff during shifts.

The role requires a culinary degree or cook certification, 2+ years of high-volume institutional catering experience, and the ability to maintain temperature logs and adapt recipes for daily production. Weekend and holiday schedules may apply.