Job Description:
The Executive Chef coordinates activities of and directs training of chefs, food production and other kitchen workers engaged in preparing and cooking foods to ensure a high quality, efficient and profitable food service.
Relocation Assistance Available
Job Responsibilities:
• Maintains friendly, efficient, positive customer service attitude toward customers, clients and co-workers. Is responsive to customer needs.
• Implements and executes established company policies, guidelines and procedures for all food and supplies purchased to achieve highest quality/price value and budget objectives.
• Develops recipes and devises special dishes. Reviews menus and analyzes recipes to determine food, labor and overhead costs and assigns prices to menu items.
• Supervises production and other personnel and coordinates their assignments to ensure economical and timely food production.
• Observes methods of food preparation and cooking, sizes of portions and garnishing of foods to ensure food is prepared in prescribed manner and to control costs.
• Maintains established systems and training programs to provide a safe working environment.
• Recognizes and adopts the appropriate food production to specific needs of the guest population.
• Maintains compliance with ARAMARK’s standards of operation. Maintains all records and reports to ensure compliance, with all local, state and federal regulations and codes.
• Plans or participates in planning menus and utilization of food surpluses and leftovers. Maintains inventory at established levels to meet budget objectives.
• Participates in the selection process of production employees.
• Familiarizes new employees with practices of kitchen.
• Establishes and enforces nutrition and sanitation standards for unit.
• Supports culinary initiatives, training, and events throughout the portfolio.
• Performs all other related duties.
At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.
Qualifications:
- Position requires a Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years’ supervisory experience or Associate’s degree plus 3 – 4 years’ supervisory experience or 6 – 8 years’ supervisory experience.
- Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) effectively with clients, customers of client and support staff.
- Ability to write letters, summaries and reports, using prescribed format and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
- Requires management and leadership skills in addition to good planning and organization skills.
- Position requires the ability to work with confidential employee, client and ARAMARK information.
