Senior Executive Chef: Lead High-Volume Healthcare Dining

Compass Group, North America; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance/AD

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Holiday Time Off

Personal Leave

Associate Shopping Program

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

FSAs

Job summary

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is seeking a Senior Executive Chef to lead culinary operations across patient dining, retail, and catering in multiple locations. You will oversee menu development, purchasing, inventory, food costs, sanitation, and team growth in a high-volume healthcare environment.

The role emphasizes quality, cost controls, guest experience, and sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of progressive culinary or kitchen-management experience.
• Experience in healthcare, hotels, resorts, restaurants, corporate dining, or other high-volume foodservice environments.
• Experience with menu development, purchasing, inventory, production, and food-cost controls.
• Experience planning and executing catering events.
• Strong knowledge of culinary trends, sanitation, quality, and presentation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, leadership, customers, and associates.

Responsibilities

• Lead culinary operations across retail, patient dining, catering, and special events
• Develop creative, on-trend menus focused on quality, seasonality, wellness, and presentation
• Establish and maintain high culinary and food-safety standards
• Recruit, train, coach, and inspire the culinary team
• Build a positive, accountable, and hospitality-driven kitchen culture
• Manage purchasing, inventory, production, food costs, and waste
• Plan and execute catering events from concept through service
• Monitor operational performance and lead continuous improvements
• Partner with leadership and other departments to improve the overall dining experience
• Support sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives

Skills

Culinary leadership

Healthcare/high-volume dining

Menu development

Purchasing and cost controls

Catering events

Team development

Communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Culinary degree or related

ServSafe certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Morrison Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, is seeking a Senior Executive Chef to lead culinary operations across patient dining, retail, and catering in multiple locations. You will oversee menu development, purchasing, inventory, food costs, sanitation, and team growth in a high-volume healthcare environment.

The role emphasizes quality, cost controls, guest experience, and sustainability initiatives.