Executive Chef

Do you have a craving for a new culinary career in a premier, high profile account with an opportunity to express your creative side while enjoying an enviable work life balance?  Monday through Friday, no late nights or weekends

Sodexo Corporate Services is looking for a Executive Chef to join our team at Kellogg's Headquarters in Battle Creek, MI.   The Executive Chef  will be the lead Chef for the catering side of the business. Duties will include but not limited to:

• leads retail culinary operations with heavy client interaction and menu development.
• menu planning
• ordering
• inventory
• leading a team of about 15 hourly union employees
• food and labor cost
• must be comfortable with technology to support mobile ordering system, Digital HAACP etc. 

About the Catering

The Catering is an important focus of this role as we cater to the C-suite executives and a team of over 1000 returning to work. Catering can include High-End Lunches, and Board of Directors Meetings, employee events, corporate dinners, etc. The Executive Chef will lead the client meetings, menu setup, and executing these events.

The Ideal Chef for this business will have a passion for food.  Flexibility and ability to adapt to last minute changes is key to be successful in this role. We are looking for Chef that can WOW our clients.  The Executive Chef must be creative, innovative and ensuring quality and presentation.

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Basic Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience
Basic Management Experience - 2 years
Basic Functional Experience – 1 year work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.