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Chef - Rutland City School Nutrition

Chef - Rutland City School Nutrition

Whitsons Culinary Group

Poultney, VT • On-site

$28/hr

Full-time

Posted 4 days ago

Whitsons Culinary Group rating

6.0

Company rating: 6.0 out of 10

Based on 59 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

39th of 64 rated caterers

Job description

SUMMARY:

Theobjectiveof the School Nutrition Chef is to be the on-site culinarianrepresentingbothWhitsonsand the district. They will assume the role of teacher,trainer,and resource to grow the food program at the secondary and elementary levels. The School Nutrition Chef will be motivated and willdemonstrateprofessionalism while treating everyone in the district in a fair and professionalmanner.

ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS,RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

  • Responsible for all concept training in secondary schools and training all cooks/leads in all capacities of food preparation, recipe adherence and scaling and display/presentation of menus.
  • Design monthly menus in coordination with theGeneralManager.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to the teamdemonstratinghigh levelsof professionalism.
  • Control all expensecategoriessuch as food and labor while providing excellent customer service.
  • Host 2 interactive display cooking promotions weekly at the high school.
  • Conduct exhibition cooking demos and promotional featured food merchandising at the middle school and elementary3 days a week according to the predetermined schedule.
  • Outreach and relationship building with local chefs and restaurants to set up a minimum of 6 promotions per school year.
  • Implement recipe contests at middle school 2 times per year wherewinner'srecipe will bepreparedand named in the cafe.
  • Attend monthly student food committee meetings and create agenda and follow-up action plans.
  • Attend monthly client meetings.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • AssistGeneralManagerwithordering
  • AssistGeneralManagerwithreconciling
  • Ensure team compliance with all portioning, platepresentationsand quality guidelines.
  • Ensure sanitary and attractive work area in all kitchens at all times.Reinforce clean as you go.
  • Ensure that enough supplies are stocked in kitchens to last the entire day.
  • Menu signage is to be neat, clean,colorfuland complete.

Pay rate: $28/hour

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Whitsons Culinary Group, located in Islandia, NY, US, operates in the food service industry, offering a diverse range of services including school nutrition, residential and healthcare dining, prepared meals, emergency dining, and culinary education. First established in 1979, the family-owned company has built a reputation for its bespoke catering services, committed to delivering nutritionally balanced, tastefully diverse and quality assured meals. The company embraces a mission to enrich life one meal at a time, underlined by a focus on food quality, health, wellness, superior service, and social responsibility.

Company size

1,001 - 5,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Islandia, NY, US

Year founded

1979

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