District Chef
Aramark•Dearborn, MI
•Hybrid
About The Position
The District Chef is responsible for culinary operations across multiple locations, overseeing brand quality, menu execution, and team member development. This role will ensure consistency in safety, sanitation, and brand standards. The District Chef will supervise and coordinate all related culinary activities. This role is estimated to travel up to 20%.
Requirements
- 8+ years of industry & culinary management experience
- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- The ability to lead in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential to success in this role.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience with control food & labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development and pricing and development of culinary team preferred.
- P&L accountability and/or contract-managed service experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Train and lead kitchen personnel.
- Estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food.
- Select and develop recipes as well as standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality.
- Establish presentation technique and quality standards.
- Plan and price menus.
- Ensure accurate equipment operation/maintenance.
- Ensure accurate safety and sanitation in kitchen.
- Cook selected items, no more than 20% of the time.
- Coordinate special catering events and may also offer culinary instruction and/or demonstrates culinary techniques.
- Directly supervises kitchen personnel with responsibility for hiring, mentoring, performance reviews and initiating pay increases.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
