Lead Cook & Kitchen Team Leader - Catering

UMOM New Day Centers; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UMOM New Day Centers in Phoenix seeks a Lead Cook to lead advanced cooking operations for residential dining, café, and catering. The role requires supervisory skills and experience in inventory, training, and staff development to support a fast-paced kitchen environment.

The Lead Cook will ensure quality meals, supervise staff, manage training materials, and collaborate with kitchen managers to control costs while maintaining safety and sanitation standards in accordance with Maricopa County

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in kitchen preparation and cooking in a fast-paced food service environment.
• Catering and café or barista experience preferred.
• Experience in kitchen training and/or instructing preferred.
• Working knowledge of hospitality operations specifically product and equipment procurement and budget management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs culinary skills at an advanced level, including all cooking methods, baking, pastry cooking, and leading of catering meal cooking.
• Ensures food production at UMOM kitchens maintains food quality, accurate portion control, consistency of recipes, and timely delivery in accordance with established meal schedules/menus.
• Provides training for kitchen staff.
• In collaboration with the kitchen managers, updates and organizes all training materials, policies and procedures related to kitchen functions.
• Leads the back-of-house training portion of the Homegrown student program, in collaboration with the Culinary Training Manager.
• Manages inventory of all program supplies and works with Culinary Enterprise & Residential Dining Managers to manage all related expenses.
• Learn different cooking styles from specialized chefs in the kitchen.
• Articulately represents UMOM to the trainees, community, businesses, and social service organizations.
• Maintains well-organized kitchens reflective of the safety standards established by UMOM and in accordance with all safety and sanitation standards per Maricopa County Health codes/the health department.
• Operates with speed, efficiency and consistent mindfulness towards kitchen organization and sanitation in a fast-paced production-kitchen environment.
• Communicates daily with kitchen staff to gain continuous feedback.
• Understands the importance of data, reporting, and outcomes to running an impactful program.
• Assumes 100% responsibility for quality of products served.
• Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
• Other duties as assigned by leadership and/or executives.

Skills

Advanced cooking methods

Leadership

Staff supervision

Training staff

Inventory management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

UMOM New Day Centers in Phoenix seeks a Lead Cook to lead advanced cooking operations for residential dining, café, and catering. The role requires supervisory skills and experience in inventory, training, and staff development to support a fast-paced kitchen environment.

The Lead Cook will ensure quality meals, supervise staff, manage training materials, and collaborate with kitchen managers to control costs while maintaining safety and sanitation standards in accordance with Maricopa County