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About the Role
As a District Chef, you will design menus, lead culinary training, and elevate school food across an entire region. This role blends creativity with impact, giving you the chance to mentor cooks, shape food programs, and bring bold, nutritious flavors to students every day.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook food according to standardized recipes and production records
- Create new recipes using commodity and purchased ingredients
- Conduct taste tests and chef demonstrations with students and staff
- Design cost-effective, appealing, and nutritionally balanced student menus
- Enter menus into the nutritional analysis program
- Place food and supply orders while monitoring cost control
- Train kitchen staff on food safety, HACCP, cooking techniques, and presentation
- Collaborate with Cafeteria Managers to ensure meal quality
- Follow all local health department and company safety regulations
- Supervise and evaluate kitchen team members
- Submit reports as assigned and ensure timely compliance
- Support other duties as assigned to improve culinary operations
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required
- Must be able to pass a background check, fingerprinting, and MVR audit
- Clear, professional communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and basic computer systems
- Must be respectful, inclusive, and able to work with diverse communities
- Basic cooking and cleaning abilities required
- Must be able to stand for long periods (up to 5 hours)
- Regular bending, lifting (up to 50 lbs), reaching, and moving required
- Regularly uses hands and must be able to hear and communicate clearly
- Must be able to work a full-time schedule, occasionally including 6-7 day workweeks
- Typical workweek is 50-60 hours
- Moderate noise levels; computer and phone use required
- Travel to schools and company meetings may be required
Skills
- Culinary Arts
- Budgeting
- Food cost control
- Culinary skills
- Hands-on leadership
- Food safety
- HACCP
- Cooking techniques
- Presentation
- Microsoft Office
- Basic computer systems
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience in kitchen/back-of-house operations
- Prior school food service experience strongly desired
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
- Associate's degree in Culinary Arts or related bachelor's degree strongly preferred
- Food safety certification (or food handler's card within 2 weeks of hire)
About the Company
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, Gender/Minority/Veterans/Disabled and participates with E-Verify Employment Eligibility Program
Equal Opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer, Gender/Minority/Veterans/Disabled