Food Service Kitchen Lead

4 weeks ago

Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States Whitsons Culinary Group Full time
Job Summary

The Food Service Kitchen Lead is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the food nutrition and dining program. This includes maintaining systems and procedures for all aspects of the program, ensuring compliance with portioning, plate presentation, and quality guidelines.

Key Responsibilities
  • Service daily hot lunch line to ensure compliance with portioning, plate presentation, and quality guidelines.
  • Determine time and sequence of cooking operations to meet meal serving deadlines.
  • Prepare and submit food and paper orders according to menu and production logs.
  • Perform temperature checks during meal periods to ensure food is being served hot.
  • Follows assigned break schedules.
  • Follow sanitation requirements according to state, federal, or local safe food handling and as prescribed by manager.
  • Assist in implementation and follow-up of sanitation cleaning schedule for all kitchen areas and equipment.
  • Prepare and update Production records and temperature logs.
  • Complies with all requirements of the mandated food handling certification requirements.
  • Attend weekly kitchen meetings held by head chef or manager.
  • Follows all Whitsons policies and procedures at all times.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities
  • Ensure compliance with all portioning, plate presentations, and quality guidelines.
  • Maintain a sanitary and attractive work area at all times.
  • Stock enough supplies at your station to last the entire day.
  • Menu signage is to be neat, clean, colorful, and complete.
  • Set up attractive display plates for each menu daily.
  • Must adhere to all Whitsons policies.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.
Education and Certifications
  • Associates degree or equivalent with concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field, and at least one year of relevant school nutrition programs experience.
  • High School diploma or GED and at least five years of experience in school nutrition programs.
Computer Skills
  • Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications is required.
  • Must be able to communicate electronically through the use of email and other similar computer platforms.
  • Able to learn new programs easily and quickly.
Other Qualifications and Experience
  • Three years of experience in food service management as a manager/director required.
  • Minimum one year of experience in K-12 programs required.
  • Culinary background is required.
  • Must have a passion and interest in food.
  • Working knowledge of cooking procedures and recipe adherence and scaling.
  • Must have demonstrated experience developing talent and managing multiple priorities.
  • Must be able to use critical thinking skills to resolve problems or improve the program overall.
  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally, electronically, and in writing with clients, parents, students, and support staff.
  • Must possess excellent time management and organizational skills.
  • Bilingual Spanish is highly desirable.
Required Competencies
  • Communication: Effectively write, present, and transfer ideas and information for the advancement of individual and company performance.
  • Customer Focus: Act in the best interest of the customer, both internal and external.
  • Innovation: Create new ideas, processes, or products that lead to positive effective change.
  • Organization Leadership: Apply strategic thinking, prioritization, and decision-making to drive results.
Physical Demands of the Job
  • While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently required to sit, walk, talk, and hear.
  • Use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
  • Be standing on feet for the majority of the workday, in addition to walking back and forth.
  • Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Position may require extended hours, including evenings and/or weekends, travel to multiple work sites, and occasional out-of-district travel.

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