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Upper Crust Food Service

Camp Managing Chef

Avalon, CA · On-site

On-Site Camp Chef Manager Position Summary The On-Site Camp Chef Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day culinary and food service operation at a residential summer camp. This position ...

Aramark

$70K/yr

We are looking for a versatile and passionate Chef Manager to lead culinary operations while ... While at camp, most days are 12 hours of work. * Aramark will take care of transportation between ...

Great Basin institute

Camp Chef

Reno, NV · On-site

$25/hr

Camp Chef Position Description Galena Creek Summer Exploration Camp- Overnight Camp at WeChMe Lodge ... Kitchen Management: Oversee the operation of the industrial kitchen, ensuring efficient workflow ...

GREAT BASIN INSTITUTE

Camp Chef

Reno, NV

$25/hr

Camp Chef Position Description Galena Creek Summer Exploration Camp- Overnight Camp at WeChMe Lodge ... Kitchen Management: Oversee the operation of the industrial kitchen, ensuring efficient workflow ...

Aramark

Executive Sous Chef - Aramark Nexus

Amarillo, TX · On-site

$59K - $75K/yr

... camp. Our culinary teams help create environments where people can recharge, connect, and perform at their best. For candidates looking for Executive Sous Chef, Sous Chef, Chef Manager, Culinary ...

Aramark

Executive Sous Chef - Aramark Nexus

Amarillo, TX · On-site

$59K - $75K/yr

... camp. Our culinary teams help create environments where people can recharge, connect, and perform at their best. For candidates looking for Executive Sous Chef, Sous Chef, Chef Manager, Culinary ...

Aramark

Executive Sous Chef - Aramark Nexus

Amarillo, TX

$59K - $75K/yr

... camp. Our culinary teams help create environments where people can recharge, connect, and perform at their best. For candidates looking for Executive Sous Chef, Sous Chef, Chef Manager, Culinary ...

Upper Crust Food Service

Camp Sous Chef

Avalon, CA · On-site

$56K - $76K/yr

Camp Sous Chefs assist the Camp Head Chef with food preparation, staff management, and maintaining a clean kitchen and dining area while following safety and sanitation practices. They communicate ...

Revelyst

Distribution Lead - Camp Chef

Stockton, CA · On-site

$19.25 - $24.50/hr

Good organization, leadership, and time management skills * Excellent interpersonal communication skills * Must be an adaptive learner with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously ...

Camp Manitou

$71K - $98K/yr

The executive chef for Camp Manitou is a culinary trained professional responsible for the overall management of the kitchen, including camp and crew meals, provisioning, food safety, maintaining ...

Camp Manitou

Executive Chef

Oakland, ME · On-site

$71K - $98K/yr

The executive chef for Camp Manitou is a culinary trained professional responsible for the overall management of the kitchen, including camp and crew meals, provisioning, food safety, maintaining ...

Cardinal Culinary Services

Offshore Cook

Alvin, TX · On-site

$14 - $18/hr

Workers with the right attitude and skills can work up to Chef Manager or Camp Boss quickly and get even more time off and higher pay! PREFERRED * Food Handlers Certification * Great Attitude

Cardinal Culinary Services

Offshore Cook

Alvin, TX · Remote

$17.75 - $22.50/hr

Workers with the right attitude and skills can work up to Chef Manager or Camp Boss quickly and get even more time off and higher pay! PREFERRED * Food Handlers Certification * Great Attitude

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Camp Managing Chef

Avalon, CA • On-site

Upper Crust Food Service
Catering • 51 - 200 employees
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Job description

Proudly serving Sororities and Fraternities, Upper Crust Food Service is known for freshness, quality, variety, and excellent customer service. Upper Crust Food Service began with a vision to solve a problem that many Fraternity and Sorority houses face. That problem is a lack of consistency and professionalism in the kitchen. With a focus on great food and personal service, we've remained true to our roots. Today, the chefs of Upper Crust Food Service prepare tens of thousands of meals weekly for students across the country.
On-Site Camp Chef Manager
Position Summary
The On-Site Camp Chef Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day culinary and food service operation at a residential summer camp. This position combines hands-on culinary leadership with staff management, food safety, inventory control, ordering, production planning, budgeting, client communication, and overall kitchen accountability.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, adaptable, and highly hands-on culinary leader who is comfortable working in a seasonal residential environment with limited access to many of the conveniences and resources available in a traditional restaurant setting.
This role requires an outgoing personality and strong engagement with both front and back-of-house staff, camp leadership, and guests. Leadership, independence, flexibility, resourcefulness, and the ability to remain positive under pressure are essential.
The Chef Manager is expected to lead by example and assist wherever needed. This is not a position in which management responsibilities replace hands-on kitchen work. Depending on operational needs, the Chef Manager may be required to cook, prep, receive deliveries, organize storage areas, clean, wash dishes, assist with sanitation, or cover other kitchen responsibilities.
The Chef Manager will direct food preparation and staff in accordance with company standards and core values, maintain exceptional sanitation practices, communicate effectively with management and customers, and consistently deliver high-quality food and service.
Residential and Remote Work Environment
This position requires living onsite at a residential summer camp for the duration of the assignment.
Candidates should carefully consider the unique nature of residential camp employment before accepting the position. Depending on the location, the ability to leave camp, travel independently, access stores, run personal errands, dine offsite, or participate in activities away from camp may be significantly limited.
Transportation may not be immediately or independently available, and employees should not expect the same freedom of movement they would have while working in a traditional restaurant, hotel, or urban environment.
Successful candidates should be comfortable with:
  • Living and working in the same general environment for an extended period.
  • Spending significant periods of time onsite.
  • Limited personal transportation and freedom of movement.
  • Limited access to stores, restaurants, entertainment, and other conveniences.
  • Planning personal needs and errands well in advance.
  • Working and living in close proximity to coworkers.
  • Less separation between work life and personal life than in a traditional position.
  • Maintaining professionalism with coworkers and clients in a residential environment.
  • Adjusting to changing operational conditions with limited outside resources.
  • Completing the full seasonal commitment despite periods of high workload, limited mobility, or changing conditions.

This position is best suited for individuals who genuinely enjoy residential, seasonal, camp, resort, cruise, lodge, or other immersive hospitality environments.
Duties and Responsibilities
Culinary Operations
  • Prepare, design, and execute weekly fresh, from-scratch menus.
  • Produce delicious, approachable, and nostalgic meals appropriate for a residential camp environment.
  • Ensure food is prepared according to established menus, recipes, portion standards, quality expectations, and service schedules.
  • Provide accurate meal quantities for all meal periods, special events, pack-outs, and special requests.
  • Adjust production based on participation counts while minimizing shortages, overproduction, and unnecessary waste.
  • Ensure production is accurate in timing, quantity, quality, temperature, and presentation.
  • Maintain consistency across all meal periods.
  • Understand and implement effective cross-utilization of ingredients.
  • Adapt menus and production plans when products, equipment, staffing, or other resources are unexpectedly unavailable.
  • Maintain quality and guest satisfaction while working within operational and budgetary constraints.
  • Assist in planning and executing special events as directed by management.
  • Personally participate in food preparation and production when necessary.
Kitchen Leadership and Staff Management
  • Lead, supervise, train, and support kitchen staff.
  • Establish clear daily assignments, production responsibilities, and expectations.
  • Assist in developing staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage for all meal periods and production requirements.
  • Train employees with varying levels of professional kitchen experience.
  • Provide patient, clear, and constructive coaching to seasonal and entry-level employees.
  • Develop employees rather than relying exclusively on previous culinary experience.
  • Foster teamwork among employees from different professional, cultural, and personal backgrounds.
  • Maintain a respectful, positive, and professional kitchen culture.
  • Address performance, attendance, sanitation, behavioral, and teamwork concerns promptly.
  • Assess employee performance and coordinate corrective action with management when appropriate.
  • Lead by example and demonstrate that no reasonable kitchen responsibility is beneath the Chef Manager position.
  • Assist with prep, cooking, receiving, storage organization, cleaning, sanitation, dishwashing, or other duties when operationally necessary.
  • Maintain composure and professionalism during high-volume or stressful situations.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and operational expectations among all kitchen staff.
Food Safety and Sanitation
  • Maintain a clean and sanitary kitchen, dining room, storage areas, and surrounding food service areas.
  • Enforce sanitation and food safety standards in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Maintain proper food temperature controls and required documentation.
  • Ensure appropriate receiving, storage, labeling, dating, cooling, reheating, and holding procedures.
  • Teach and enforce proper food handling practices among all employees.
  • Monitor kitchen cleanliness throughout the day rather than relying solely on end-of-shift cleaning.
  • Ensure kitchen utensils, equipment, dishes, surfaces, floors, storage areas, and workspaces remain clean and sanitary.
  • Immediately address unsafe food handling, sanitation, cross-contamination, or equipment practices.
  • Maintain appropriate allergen controls and prevent cross-contact.
  • Ensure compliance with required health department, company, and client food safety procedures.
Dietary Restrictions and Allergens
  • Follow documented dietary restrictions and allergen preparation requirements.
  • Coordinate special-diet production with camp leadership and management.
  • Maintain appropriate separation, identification, storage, preparation, and service of special meals.
  • Train employees on allergen awareness and cross-contact prevention.
  • Ensure special meals are consistently available at the appropriate meal period.
  • Communicate clearly regarding dietary requirements across shifts and staff members.
  • Treat food allergies and medically necessary dietary restrictions as critical food safety responsibilities.
Ordering, Inventory, and Cost Control
  • Place accurate food and supply orders sufficiently in advance of operational needs.
  • Maintain ordering within established budgetary requirements.
  • Understand that remote or residential locations may not allow shortages or ordering errors to be corrected immediately.
  • Forecast product needs based on participation counts, menus, historical usage, inventory, delivery schedules, and expected yields.
  • Maintain accurate food and supply inventory.
  • Conduct regular inventory reviews and identify potential shortages before they affect meal service.
  • Monitor food usage, waste, portioning, and overproduction.
  • Identify and correct factors contributing to unfavorable food-cost performance.
  • Maintain appropriate par levels without unnecessary overstocking.
  • Properly receive, inspect, rotate, label, and store incoming products.
  • Apply FIFO inventory practices.
  • Develop contingency plans when deliveries are delayed, products are unavailable, or inventory levels change unexpectedly.
  • Communicate significant shortages or purchasing issues to management promptly.
Remote Operational Adaptability
  • Plan ahead knowing that replacement products, equipment repairs, additional staff, or other resources may not be immediately available.
  • Respond calmly and resourcefully when deliveries are late, products are unavailable, equipment fails, or staffing changes.
  • Develop practical alternatives rather than allowing operational challenges to disrupt meal service.
  • Make appropriate product substitutions when necessary while protecting quality, dietary requirements, guest satisfaction, and budget.
  • Maintain contingency plans for critical ingredients and operational needs.
  • Recognize that planning and prevention are particularly important in residential and remote food service environments.
  • Communicate operational concerns early enough for management to assist before they become emergencies.
Client and Guest Relations
  • Collaborate effectively with client camp staff, leadership, and the management team.
  • Maintain regular and professional communication with management through calls, emails, texts, meetings, and required reporting.
  • Respond professionally to client feedback and concerns.
  • Listen to feedback without becoming defensive and take appropriate corrective action.
  • Respect established camp traditions, service expectations, and reasonable client requests.
  • Understand that the food service operation exists to support the overall camp experience.
  • Maintain a personable, friendly, approachable, and service-oriented demeanor.
  • Build positive relationships with campers, staff, client leadership, and coworkers.
  • Consistently deliver excellent products and customer service.

Leadership Expectations
Successful Chef Managers are expected to demonstrate a service-first leadership mentality.
The position requires an individual who:
  • Leads from the front.
  • Takes ownership of problems rather than assigning blame.
  • Remains calm during difficult services.
  • Is comfortable teaching inexperienced employees.
  • Can receive direction despite holding a leadership position.
  • Understands that operational consistency is more important than culinary ego.
  • Takes pride in executing simple food exceptionally well.
  • Is willing to adjust personal preferences to support the needs of the operation.
  • Maintains professional behavior during stressful or demanding periods.
  • Understands the importance of completing the seasonal commitment.
  • Treats coworkers respectfully regardless of experience or position.
  • Recognizes and addresses conflicts before they negatively affect kitchen operations.
  • Maintains appropriate professional boundaries in a residential work environment.
Required Skills and Abilities
  • High-volume commercial food production experience.
  • Strong hands-on cooking and food preparation skills.
  • Ability to lead and develop a kitchen team.
  • Ability to work effectively with inexperienced and seasonal employees.
  • Ability to take direction while independently managing day-to-day kitchen operations.
  • Ability to create and execute production schedules.
  • Ability to accurately forecast meal quantities.
  • Knowledge of food cost management.
  • Inventory management and purchasing experience.
  • Ability to place accurate food orders in advance.
  • Strong understanding of food yields, portions, and cross-utilization.
  • Knowledge of food safety and sanitation requirements.
  • Experience with food allergies and dietary restrictions.
  • Ability to adapt menus and production plans when necessary.
  • Ability to remain organized under high-volume conditions.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively communicate operational concerns to management.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently with limited resources.
  • Ability to coach, train, and hold employees accountable.
  • Positive and professional attitude.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Strong time-management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to maintain professionalism while living and working in a residential environment.
Preferred Education and Experience
  • 4+ years of high-volume commercial kitchen experience.
  • Previous Chef, Sous Chef, Kitchen Manager, Chef Manager, Executive Chef, or equivalent leadership experience.
  • Experience with institutional food service, summer camps, universities, resorts, cruise ships, catering, conference centers, lodges, remote hospitality operations, or other high-volume residential dining environments is strongly preferred.
  • Experience producing several hundred or more meals p

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