Executive Chef

HHS is a private, family-owned business dedicated to caring for its team members and providing honest, quality-driven customer service. Founded in 1975 as Hospital Housekeeping Systems, today HHS delivers comprehensive services including housekeeping, food service, and facility management to nearly 1,000 customers across six industries. With a strong commitment to workplace diversity and inclusion, HHS fosters an environment where individuals of all backgrounds are respected, heard, and encouraged to grow. The company is rapidly expanding and seeks motivated leaders to join its journey, with a belief in promoting growth from within and cultivating countless future leaders. HHS's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team supports a culture of respect and opportunity, making it a rewarding workplace for professionals passionate about making a meaningful impact.

We are looking for a friendly, compassionate leader to join our culinary team as an Executive Chef. In this role, you will support the healing journey of patients and their loved ones by delivering high-quality food service in a healthcare environment. You will bring your passion for culinary arts, respect for great food, and dedication to our chef-led philosophy to create an engaging and rewarding atmosphere for both your team and customers. This position offers a salary of $75,000 annually, with a work schedule that typically allows for most nights and weekends off, promoting work-life balance. As an Executive Chef, you will lead a motivated team, ensuring adherence to safety, sanitation, and service principles while fostering a positive team environment that values morale, passion, quality, and respect.

Responsibilities include developing creative menus aligned with current market trends, continuously improving customer and patient satisfaction, and managing all aspects of team recruitment, training, scheduling, and assignments. You will also be responsible for executing quality control systems to protect food integrity and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and industry regulations. Further, your role involves managing forecasting, recipe costing, inventory, ordering, production planning, payroll, and supplies to maintain budget compliance. This position requires strong kitchen skills such as knife techniques and live-action cooking, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a service-oriented mindset focused on exceeding expectations.

As part of your career with HHS, you will benefit from paid time off including vacation and sick leave, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match, access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and ongoing career development and training opportunities. Additionally, HHS supports veterans and candidates with military experience and maintains policies that require vaccination against COVID-19 or approved exemptions in many healthcare settings. Join HHS and grow your career with a company that values leadership, integrity, and continuous improvement in the culinary services industry.