Senior Culinary Leader - High-Volume Kitchen

Compass Group USA; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Life Insurance/ AD

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

Holiday Time Off

Personal Leave

Associate Shopping Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

FSAs

Job summary

Unidine, a leading hospitality food service group and part of Compass Group USA, seeks a seasoned culinary operations leader to oversee daily production, food quality and safety, staff performance, and overall profitability at client sites. You will direct menu development, source ingredients, monitor freshness, schedule staff, train cooks, and drive cost controls while upholding sanitation standards.

Minimum 5 years of kitchen management and ServSafe desirable.

Qualifications

• A.S. or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive culinary/kitchen management experience, depending upon formal degree or training.
• High-volume, complex foodservice operations experience - highly desirable.
• Institutional and batch cooking experiences.
• Hands-on chef experience a must.
• Comprehensive knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.
• Must be experienced with computers, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Outlook, e-mail, and the Internet.
• ServSafe certified - highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily culinary production in preparation and production of meals, food quality and presentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards and regulation, team member productivity and performance, cost controls and overall profitability.
• Determines how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.
• Provide direction on menu development based on product availability; creates distinctive specials that incorporate seasonal or special ingredients.
• Seeks out sources for fresh food; monitors all produce and meat for freshness.
• Maintain product consistency by conducting inspections of seasonings, portion, and appearance of food.
• Research customer preferences and develops a menu which incorporates local foods and flavors.
• Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local and company health, safety, sanitation standards.
• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Communicates the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.
• Monitors the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Follows and enforces food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Maintains purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Team management

Cost controls

Food safety

Menu development

Education

A.S. or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Unidine, a leading hospitality food service group and part of Compass Group USA, seeks a seasoned culinary operations leader to oversee daily production, food quality and safety, staff performance, and overall profitability at client sites. You will direct menu development, source ingredients, monitor freshness, schedule staff, train cooks, and drive cost controls while upholding sanitation standards.

Minimum 5 years of kitchen management and ServSafe desirable.