School Cafeteria Chef & Kitchen Lead - Mon-Fri

Compass Group, North America; Hemlock (MI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No holidays

Follows school calendar

Job summary

Chartwells K12 in Hemlock, MI is hiring for a full-time CHEF role for Hemlock Public Schools. Mon-Fri, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, with summers off per the school calendar. You will supervise cooks and kitchen staff, ensure sanitation, and prepare meals to meet service schedules.

The ideal candidate has prior food service, catering, and leadership experience, and will manage ordering, inventory, and recipe development while upholding quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service and catering.
• Proven leadership experience in a kitchen or food-service environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coordinates and participates in activities of cooks and other associates engaged in preparing, cooking and serving food.
• Supervises hourly kitchen associates, including interviewing, scheduling, payroll, training, counseling, participating in reviews and recommending disciplinary action.
• Efficiently prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
• Ensures proper presentation, food quality, portion control and maintenance of proper serving temperatures.
• Tracks food use, waste and consumption to requisition or purchase product.
• Receives and inspects product and supplies for quality and quantity to ensure appropriate inventory.
• Maintains sanitation of equipment, supplies and utensils.
• Helps select and develop recipes and menus.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food service

Catering

Leadership

Job description

Chartwells K12 in Hemlock, MI is hiring for a full-time CHEF role for Hemlock Public Schools. Mon-Fri, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, with summers off per the school calendar. You will supervise cooks and kitchen staff, ensure sanitation, and prepare meals to meet service schedules.

The ideal candidate has prior food service, catering, and leadership experience, and will manage ordering, inventory, and recipe development while upholding quality standards.