Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Hourly
Range $24.00 - $28.00
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off
Holiday pay
Opportunity for growth
Job Description
Genuine Foods is a dynamic social enterprise dedicated to transforming food environments at schools and workplaces by providing great-tasting, wholesome meals made from genuine ingredients. As a company focused on nourishing health, productivity, and happiness through fresh and scratch-made food, Genuine Foods stands out by combining exceptional culinary quality with unparalleled service. The company also offers meaningful enrichment programs designed to build community and improve lives beyond just food service management. Genuine Foods is rapidly growing, expanding its reach to serve schools and institutions nationwide with a commitment to quality, innovation, and social impact.
As a Sous Chef at Genuine Foods, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that students and families receive delicious, scratch-made meals that meet high nutritional and taste standards. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a progressive food service company that values creativity, quality, and community. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Chef Manager and Operations Management team to develop and execute seasonal, engaging menus that cater to client preferences and nutritional guidelines.
The Sous Chef is responsible for leading a team of cooks and food service workers, overseeing daily meal preparation, ensuring recipe accuracy, and maintaining food safety standards. You will also manage onsite client relationships and events to ensure that every meal not only meets but exceeds expectations. This involves hands-on contribution to food prep, service excellence, and continuous improvement of culinary operations from sourcing ingredients to menu and recipe development. Genuine Foods prioritizes staff coaching, operational excellence, and innovation, making this a rewarding role for culinary professionals passionate about healthy, community-focused food service. This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to grow professionally while helping to make a positive impact through food. Employment type and salary details can be discussed during the hiring process, reflecting Genuine Foods' commitment to fair and competitive compensation.
As a Sous Chef at Genuine Foods, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that students and families receive delicious, scratch-made meals that meet high nutritional and taste standards. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a progressive food service company that values creativity, quality, and community. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Chef Manager and Operations Management team to develop and execute seasonal, engaging menus that cater to client preferences and nutritional guidelines.
The Sous Chef is responsible for leading a team of cooks and food service workers, overseeing daily meal preparation, ensuring recipe accuracy, and maintaining food safety standards. You will also manage onsite client relationships and events to ensure that every meal not only meets but exceeds expectations. This involves hands-on contribution to food prep, service excellence, and continuous improvement of culinary operations from sourcing ingredients to menu and recipe development. Genuine Foods prioritizes staff coaching, operational excellence, and innovation, making this a rewarding role for culinary professionals passionate about healthy, community-focused food service. This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to grow professionally while helping to make a positive impact through food. Employment type and salary details can be discussed during the hiring process, reflecting Genuine Foods' commitment to fair and competitive compensation.
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Previous experience in food preparation or culinary arts
- Knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards
- Ability to lead and manage a team
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Commitment to Genuine Foods’ values of trustworthiness, personal accountability, people first, and transparency
Job Qualifications
- Previous high-volume production, catering, hotel, restaurant, or relevant experience is highly desired
- Comfortable with change, feedback, and the ability to be passionate when cooking from recipes that you did not make
- Passion for seasonal ingredients and local sourcing
- Experience in leading teams with varying culinary skill levels and interest
- Commitment to continuous learning and on-going training
- Demonstrated organizational and superior attention to detail skills
- Superior ability to manage labor and food costs
- Enjoys working with people and growing and developing a culinary team
- Very comfortable working with numbers and technology
Job Duties
- Execute and help craft seasonal and exciting menus with the culinary team for our clients while being mindful of client preferences, tastes and nutrition
- Collaborate with the Chef and Food Service Director to ensure menus meet labor, food cost and efficiency standards
- Ensure all items are cooked correctly based on recipe and standards
- Comply with food safety and sanitation requirements
- Assist in managing and coaching the team overseeing all aspects of daily food preparation and serving including culinary and operational excellence, staff skills training, daily troubleshooting, recipe adherence, and site cleanliness and organization
- Continuously improve and propel forward culinary aspects of operations from sourcing and receiving to menu and recipe development and feedback
- Oversee on-site client visits and events, account management, and quality assurance of meal production
Job Criteria
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
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