About this opportunity
Maschio's Food Services, Inc. lists this District Chef for School Food Service opportunity in caldwell, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position Summary
The District Chef position provides hands-on culinary leadership while promoting safe food handling, efficient production practices, portion control, cost management, and compliance with applicable health and food-service regulations. The District Chef serves as a culinary resource for school nutrition staff and helps establish a positive food culture that encourages students to enjoy nutritious meals.
Position Summary
The District Chef position provides hands-on culinary leadership while promoting safe food handling, efficient production practices, portion control, cost management, and compliance with applicable health and food-service regulations. The District Chef serves as a culinary resource for school nutrition staff and helps establish a positive food culture that encourages students to enjoy nutritious meals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Collaborate with a team to include the Director, to implement Maschio's scratch cooking initiative, while providing a front-line hands-on approach for culinary resources.
Support a team of associates and oversee all safety and sanitation as it pertains to the account.
Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly trainings with tram members in safety, cooking techniques and food presentation.
Creates student menus that are cost effective, and nutritionally balanced. Collaborating these ideas with Maschio's Chef and Nutrition Teams.
Plans and executes all Chef Day demonstrations throughout the school district.
Plans and executes all catering events within the school district, Writing the menu, costing the event, ordering product, prepping and cooking.
Assess client preferences through Food Advisory Meetings, industry trends and current research to plan menus that courage participation in the Nat6ional School Lunch Program (NSLP).
Place food and supply orders that meet the needs of the school district while maintaining budgetary cost and control measures.
Organize, maintain, and submit reports as directed that are in compliance with Maschio's standard procedures, in addition to State and Federal guidelines.
Qualifications
Required
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Ability to lead, coach, train, and develop foodservice employees.
Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced operational environment and respond effectively to changing priorities.
Must have experience in catering events.
Preferred
Experience working within the K-12 school nutrition environment and/or USDA National School Lunch Program (NSLP) strongly preferred.
Essential Physical Requirements And Working Conditions
Ability to sit or stand in a stationary position.
Ability to bend and lift up to 40lbs as needed to move objects.
This is a full-time position, working in a school cafeteria typically scheduled Monday through Friday, with hours aligned to the needs of the business. Occasional nights and weekends
Maschio's Food Services Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity at all levels of the organization.
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Worksite address
caldwell, NJ, 07007, US
Who can apply
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