Executive Chef

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures culinary production appropriately connects to the Executional Framework
• Ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, including production, presentation, and service standards
• Manages a culinary team, including chef managers and hourly staff, 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
• Reward and recognize 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
• Develops and maintains effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
• Aggregates and communicates regional culinary and ingredient trends
• Responsible for delivering food and labor targets
• Consistent focus on margin improvement; understanding performance metrics, data, order, and inventory trends
• Ensures efficient execution and delivery of all culinary products in line with the daily menu
• Maintains integrity of the standard Aramark food offer; responsible for always maintaining food quality and safety of items
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through managing customer driven menus and labor standards
• Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession

Qualifications

• Requires at least 4 years of culinary experience
• At least 2 years in a management role preferred
• Requires a culinary degree or equivalent experience
• Requires oral, reading, and written communication skills

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.