Executive Chef 1

Sodexo•Upper Providence Township, PA

About The Position

Sodexo is seeking an Executive Catering Chef 1 for a corporate service client located in Collegeville, PA. As an Executive Chef, you will be at utilizing local and organic ingredients when available to create mouthwatering dishes that delight our guests. Picture yourself in our dynamic kitchen, overseeing multiple stations including Sauté, Grill, Garde Mange, and Hearth Oven. You will be the driving force behind our culinary operations, ensuring that our line cooks deliver perfection on each plate. Your expertise and guidance will shape the flavors, presentation, and quality that our patrons crave. Our events range from Continental Breakfasts, Lunches to snack delivery, to 5 course plated meals for the CEO and Sr. Executives. Higher-End events range from Dinners, Receptions, and Holiday Parties for 10 to 1000 people. We are looking for a Catering Executive Chef with great communication and training skills. This is a high-level catering culinary management role but will also be hands-on as needed to support all operations at the account. The Catering Executive Chef will manage a team of hourly employees and will be responsible for menu planning, ordering, inventory, hands on about 80% of the time. Incentives This position offers a traditional Business & Industry, Predominately Monday - Friday schedule, but will include some evenings and weekends for high-end events and busier seasons.

Requirements

Can you “throw down” in the kitchen - Have experience in scratch cooking with ability and knowledge to develop menus within a contract, meeting food costs.
A strong artistic culinary flair– can you impress the CEO and lead the culinary department to provide new trending ideas/menus.
Knowledge of current culinary trends– can you compete with food trends and top chefs? Do you have well developed culinary skills for sustainable and healthful daily menus.
Possess the ability to inspire a kitchen staff - Be a strong trainer/mentor to the culinary staff – elevating their skills, overseeing daily production to high standards of quality/presentation and on trend menus, and ensuring safety/sanitation.
Minimum Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experienceMinimum Management Experience - 2 years Minimum Functional Experience – 1 year work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

Responsibilities

Support the culinary management team to manage all aspects of food preparation, product handling, equipment utilization, and food safety.
Hands on cooking for catering events and cafe operations.
Provides catering and culinary support for 1 site
Ensure all food always looks and tastes great and is visually appetizing when served
Use of correct food terminology and cooking methods
Constantly looking for new recipes and new ideas and initiatives that will improve both the quality of food and catering service as a whole
Have the ability and willingness to develop and motivate team members to embrace culinary innovation
Ensure food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety standard compliance and management systems.
Responsible for Back of the House support and client engagement