School Kitchen Leader & Chef (Mon–Fri, 7:00–3:00)

Compass Group USA; Richland Township (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Associate Shopping Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Voluntary Benefits (Critical Illness,

Job summary

Chartwells K-12 in Hemlock, MI is seeking a full-time chef to direct kitchen operations and oversee food production for Hemlock Public Schools. The role involves coordinating cooks and staff, ensuring sanitation and service standards, and maintaining high-quality meals.

The ideal candidate has prior food service, catering, and leadership experience, with a Monday–Friday schedule from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. This position offers competitive hourly pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Prior food service, catering, and leadership experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coordinates and participates in activities of cooks and other associates engaged in preparing, cooking and serving food. Ensures all food handling, sanitation and customer service standards are met.
• 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. Serves meals or prepares for delivery.
• 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. Cleans workstation thoroughly before leaving area. Keeps display equipment clean and free of debris during meal service to ensure compliance with sanitation, safety, production and merchandising requirements.
• Helps select and develop recipes and menus.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food service

Catering

Leadership

Job description

Chartwells K-12 in Hemlock, MI is seeking a full-time chef to direct kitchen operations and oversee food production for Hemlock Public Schools. The role involves coordinating cooks and staff, ensuring sanitation and service standards, and maintaining high-quality meals.

The ideal candidate has prior food service, catering, and leadership experience, with a Monday–Friday schedule from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. This position offers competitive hourly pay and benefits.