Updated: Aug 7, 2024 - The Chef Manager oversees daily operations to ensure production standards and quality parameters are met, focusing on efficiency and food safety. This role involves managing and streamlining kitchen processes, including the automation of facilities, and overseeing all aspects of food production from prepping and cooking to recipe development. Additionally, the Chef Manager is responsible for facility maintenance, equipment purchases, and creating innovative menus that utilize surplus food, ensuring a dynamic and clean work environment.


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1. Chef Manager, Green Plate Kitchen, Boulder, CO
Job Summary:
- Taking the lead in managing and training the team of [team numbers]
- Designing and creating an innovative menu based on current high street trends
- Preparing breakfast, lunch and evening meals using the freshest, seasonal ingredients
- Processing of paperwork relating to payroll, invoicing etc
- Ensuring all members of staff have high standards of food hygiene and follow the rules of health and safety
- Ensuring that all food waste during preparation and service is kept to a minimum
- Ensuring that all food being served is consistent and follows the Wilson Vale brand standards, whilst having that additional flair
- Keeping up to date with trends and including the trends within menus
Skills on Resume:
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Menu Innovation (Hard Skills)
- Culinary Skills (Hard Skills)
- Administrative Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Waste Reduction (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Trend Integration (Hard Skills)
2. Chef Manager, Harbor Delights, Savannah, GA
Job Summary:
- Manage and train the kitchen staff of eight
- Demonstrate exemplary customer service skills
- Create menus for daily meal service as well as for the variety of catering events that occur frequently
- Implement and maintain HACCP standards
- Develop client and customer relationships
- Deliver fabulous catering results
- Communicate clearly, professionally and effectively
- Deliver budgeted financial results
- Create a positive team environment
- Manage ordering and inventory
Skills on Resume:
- Staff Management (Hard Skills)
- Customer Service (Soft Skills)
- Menu Creation (Hard Skills)
- HACCP Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Catering Excellence (Hard Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Financial Management (Hard Skills)
3. Chef Manager, Urban Table Foods, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Deliver excellence in food service and customer service
- Provide high quality food in a professional and efficient manner and compliance with all health & safety regulations
- Resolve customer concerns and respond to culinary concerns including dietary restrictions and allergies
- Manage team while maintaining accountability and an engaging culture
- Responsible for ensuring a safe & healthy work environment
- Maintain compliance with all cash handling and cash auditing procedures, reports any overage/shortages
- Maintain records to comply with Aramark, and government standards
- Ensure compliance with Marketing and Human Resources Programs
- Ensure adherence to Aramark's policies and procedures
- Ensure adherence to Aramark's Health and Safety Programs
Skills on Resume:
- Food Service Excellence (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Customer Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Workplace Safety (Hard Skills)
- Cash Handling Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Program Compliance (Hard Skills)
4. Chef Manager, SunFresh Dinings, Tucson, AZ
Job Summary:
- Supervise daily operations to ensure production standards and quality parameters are met
- Build and foster strong working relationships, collaboration within the team and a positive work environment
- Lead and motivate by example, manage the kitchen staff
- Manage & streamline kitchen processes
- Implement automation throughout facility
- Oversee food production such as prepping, cooking, recipes, etc.
- Manage the facility including repairs as well as equipment maintenance and purchasing
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
- Responsible for preparing and cooking the food in the local production kitchen.
- Transporting the truck to various corporate events
- Responsible for ensuring a safe and clean workspace.
- Responsible for creating creative menus that utilise surplus food.
Skills on Resume:
- Operations Supervision (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Staff Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Process Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Automation Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Food Production Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Facility Management (Hard Skills)
- Creative Menu Development (Hard Skills)
5. Chef Manager, Lakeside Eats, Minneapolis, MN
Job Summary:
- Preparation and service of food and beverages using seasonal, fresh ingredients and working within the financial parameters of the contract
- Continually promote excellent standards of food preparation and presentation to meet the needs of existing and new customers in order to drive additional sales
- Implement and maintain statutory and company standards of hygiene, food safety and health and safety
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships both with company individuals and client personnel at all levels
- Work within, manage and develop a team to ensure service excellence at all times (across various outlets)
- Responsible for the delivery and development of a range of services with specific focus on aged care cuisine.
- Responsible for ensuring that all staff members adhere to Food Safety policies
- Ensuring the correct presentation of food together with maintaining a high level of cleanliness and food hygiene.
Skills on Resume:
- Food and Beverage Service (Hard Skills)
- Sales Promotion (Hard Skills)
- Hygiene and Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Aged Care Cuisine Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Staff Training Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Presentation and Cleanliness (Hard Skills)
6. Chef Manager, City Spice Catering, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Manage kitchen staff, including providing necessary direction and training, and leading staff meetings
- Provide direct support to Executive Chef with scheduling, ordering, receiving, processing invoices, vendor relations, and menu development
- Schedule employees to ensure the kitchen is adequately staffed at all necessary times
- Assist with the preparation and design of food and drink menus
- Establish and maintains cleaning and maintenance schedules for equipment, storage, and work areas.
- Ensure that kitchen staff follows and completes schedules as assigned.
- Make sure that all dishes that leave the kitchen meet taste, design, and sanitation standards
- Ensure the kitchen operates efficiently and professionally
- Maintain kitchen inventory and order supplies
- Confirm compliance with all sanitation and health and safety standards
- Complies with federal, state, and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures as evidenced through the local health department and third-party audits.
- Follows facility and department infection control policies and procedures
Skills on Resume:
- Kitchen Staff Management (Hard Skills)
- Executive Support (Hard Skills)
- Staff Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Menu Design Assistance (Hard Skills)
- Maintenance Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Operational Efficiency (Hard Skills)
- Health & Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
7. Chef Manager, Peak Dining Services, Helena, MT
Job Summary:
- Manage production levels to ensure proper product mix.
- Plan, prepare, and adjust work schedules and assign employees to specific duties
- Follow up to ensure duties are properly completed in a timely manner.
- Supervise and coordinate activities of all Bistro employees.
- Monitor and control inventory.
- Ensure quality control of all recipes.
- Place special orders for customers.
- Maintain presentation and signage of display cases and salad bar.
- Plan and organize monthly sales and special promotions.
- Smile and greets customers in a friendly manner.
- Provide prompt, courteous, and efficient service to customers and set a good example for team members.
- Exhibit care, concern, and patience in all customer interactions and treat customers as the most important people in the store.
Skills on Resume:
- Production Management (Hard Skills)
- Workforce Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Staff Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Customer Special Orders (Hard Skills)
- Promotional Planning (Hard Skills)
- Customer Service Excellence (Soft Skills)
8. Chef Manager, Seasons Café, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Follow and comply with all applicable health and sanitation procedures and adhere to safe work practices.
- Evaluate employee performance to recommend personnel action in their respective areas such as promotion, transfer, or dismissal.
- Train and enforce safety procedures to provide a safe and healthy work environment for employees and customers.
- Assist in training workers in store policies, department procedures, and job duties.
- Ensures compliance of employees with established policy/law, security, sales, and record-keeping procedures and practices.
- Responsible for enthusiastically representing FoodCloud’s brand at events
- Recruitment and management of part-time team member
- Menu planning and production
- Purchase and receive high-quality produce
Skills on Resume:
- Health Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Performance Reviews (Hard Skills)
- Safety Training (Hard Skills)
- Policy Instruction (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Brand Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Team Management (Hard Skills)
- Menu Planning (Hard Skills)