Chef Manager - Full Time - First Shift

About the role

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

Department: Nutrition Services; Worker Sub Type: Regular; Work Shift: Regular.

Responsibilities

• Attracts and retains staff, maintains a cooperative relationship with team members, optimizes staff productivity and serves as replacement in team members' absence.
• Sets and monitors performance standards for staff to include hand hygiene and equipment cleanliness.
• Trains staff to use new recipes, cooking techniques and equipment, and oversees cooks performing food preparation.
• Manages culinary team to ensure quality in final presentation of food.
• Trains and manages culinary and kitchen employees to use best practice food production techniques.
• Coaches employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how it is to be achieved.
• Rewards and recognizes employees.
• Plans and executes team meetings and daily huddles.
• Completes and maintains all staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data.
• Performs inventory and purchase orders, provides oversight of the delivery of food supplies, prepares special dishes, supervises overall kitchen operations, and ensures promptness, freshness and quality of dishes.
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets.
• Understands performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends, with a consistent focus on margin improvement.
• Obtains feedback on food and service quality, and handles customer and patient problems and complaints.
• High volume experience with bulk/batch cooking knowledge.

Requirements

• Associates degree from a culinary school is preferred.
• Years of culinary experience is required.
• Serv Safe certification is required within 6 months of employment.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Attention to details required.
• Ability to mentor and lead staff required.

Benefits

• Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development
• Discounts to on-campus dining and other perks as a large regional employer

Pay

Pay Range: $27.42 - $42.50