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Sodexo Universities is seeking an innovative Executive Chef 2 for our long standing account at Alma College - in Alma Michigan, less than an hour from Lansing, MI and 2 hours from Detroit, MI. Alma College is a liberal arts college which we have had the pleasure of serving for 65 years. The Executive Chef oversees multiple production areas including Resident dining for over 1200 students on meal plans, Small Food Retail concepts, and On and Off Campus Catering. The main Serving at Hammilton's Commons, renovated in 2013 with stations including Mongolian WOK, Pasta to order, Grill, Pizza, Daily Comforts, My Zone, Salad Bar, Desert and Deli Station and Simple Servings. We also have one retail outlet in a seperate buiding called Joes. This is a typicall grill retail with to go options plus a small country store. Catering is very important on campus and besides providing catering all over campus we aso do several events at the Presidents Home. As a hands-on Executive Chef, you will provide innovative, exciting and appealing cooking and catering for students, faculty and staff. This individual will come highly recommended as a skilled and experienced culinarian with a passion for food and the drive to be successful. Reporting to the General Manager, the ideal Executive Chef candidate will possess the following:- high-volume, quality-focused culinary management experience, preferably within a campus dining setting;- innovative and creative Catering background;- exemplary communication skills with the ability to lead a large team;- strong organizational skills -detail-oriented and task focused;- a very hands-on cooking and training approach;- experience in successfully controlling food and labor costs.- strong computer skills; and- strong HACCP training skills.RELOCATION assistance is available for this exciting opportunity! Sound like the opportunity you have been looking for? APPLY TODAY and join the Sodexo Team at Alma College!
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Sodexo has an opportunity for an Executive Chef 2 for Minnesota State University located in Moorhead, MN – home to over 7800 students. MSU Moorhead is a long-standing University contract with a one Resident Dining Hall with various food platforms/stations feeding 2,000 student diners, 8 Food Retail locations as well as on campus and off campus Catering. We also provide meals to the on campus Early Childhood Education Center and Daycare. We are looking for an Executive Chef with exemplary culinary skills who is an innovative Hands On leader, with the ability to manage the kitchen, train and mentor staff, manage good costs and develop menus, along with demonstrating great customer service and team building! RELOCATION ASSISTANCE is available for this exciting opportunity! The Ideal Candidate will have:- High volume dining management experience in University dining, large corporate dining or large chain restaurant background.- Passion for innovation and strong culinary skills – who enjoys sharing knowledge and mentoring their staff.- Familiarity with Food management systems and processes. Moorhead is located on the border on Minnesota and Fargo, ND. A candidate could potentially live in either Moorhead, MN or Fargo, ND. North Dakota was recently ranked #1 for states with most freedom, citing a very low state income tax and GREAT schools. Sound like the opportunity you have been looking for? Join the Sodexo team at MSU Moorhead! APPLY TODAY! To learn more about Minnesota State University, please visit http://www.mnstate.edu/.
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Sodexo currently has an opening for an Executive Chef 2 in our Corporate Services segment to manage the culinary programs at a client site in Princeton, NJ. This position will report directly to an Area General Manager and will provide leadership and development to six Sodexo front-line (hourly-paid) non-union culinary employees. Currently there is a building population of 900. This site is slated to be a show case account once renovations are complete. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced culinarian and innovator to provide high-end service to our high-end cafeterias and catering. Candidates should be passionate, highly motivated, and enjoy client and customer interaction. The ability to offer strategic leadership and vision are necessary for this growing operation! We are seeking candidates with a prior background in a high-end culinary position, supervisory experience, and corporate services experience.- Culinary Creativity: Follows culinary trends and innovates using local sustainable food sources, can translate ideas into unique menu and recipe programs that advance the culinary experience across the regional enterprise.- Leadership: Ability to effectively manage and communicate with culinary staff, key personnel, catering staff and management teams along with a passion and dedication to be “one of the best”. Candidate must be highly engaged, passionate and extremely hands-on in daily operations.- Training: Must be able to articulate and demonstrate a wide-ranging variety of cooking techniques and skills for the catering staff (plate presentation, quality, safety, proper culinary techniques).- Financial: Ability to manage and demonstrate proven results with food costs, labor and controllable expenses.This Executive Chef will work primarily a Monday through Friday, 6AM-3PM shift with some evening shifts.
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Sodexo, leader in quality of daily life solutions has a great opportunity for an Executive Chef at City Hospital in Dallas, TX. Sodexo is looking for an outstanding culinarian to propel our program forward. Reporting to our General manager, you will lead the culinary team and will plan, organize and manage the daily food production in the hospital. Our Executive Chef will be responsible for managing the culinary operations for all food outlets including patient dining, and cafe. Responsibilities include:- Managing the daily food production including production planning and controls- Ensuring Sodexo Culinary Standards including recipe compliance and food quality- Labor and food cost controls and compliance- Menu development and inventory management- Food cost managementIdeal candidate will have:- Strong culinary background.- Experience in specialized diets.- Menu planning experience.- Experience supervising a team, strong human resources, employee training/development- Ability to multitask and take on additional responsibilities.- Strong understanding of food forecasting, purchasing, inventory, and labor management.- Strong financial acumen- Proficient computer skills, exceptional organization, and customer service skills.- Strong knowledge of HACCP- Experience with health and safety audits and regulatory inspections- ServSafe certifiedQualifications for our Executive Chef include prior culinary management experience in a high volume healthcare environment, strong food production planning management and food cost management experience, computer literacy, full HACCP knowledge and ServSafe certification. Sound like the opportunity you've been waiting for. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Do you have a real passion for food and strong leadership skills? Sodexo is seeking an Executive Chef 2 for our Corporate Services segment in St Louis, MO. Looking for a dynamic, hands-on candidate to increase the appeal of our culinary program. This candidate will be cooking with the team on a daily basis. Must have financial savvy to understand inventory, purchasing, cost controls, and menus. We are seeking candidates with excellent client and customer-facing service skills, the ability to multi-task, and the ability to lead other employees in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should be detail-oriented and committed to the highest level of customer service. This Executive Chef will oversee about 15 other Sodexo production employees and must have catering experience. Why apply to this position? - Relocation assistance is available!- This position offers a predominantly Monday through Friday daytime schedule- There is a great opportunity to make an impact and build a great team- Sodexo provides unparalleled opportunities for career advancement- You’ll report to an experienced and knowledgeable managerIs this opportunity right for you? If your answer to the following questions is "yes" then please consider applying: - Management and Influence: Can you demonstrate your ability to successfully lead and inspire kitchen employees? Can you influence others to successfully complete their given tasks with high quality outcomes and within budget and time-frame? - Innovation: Can you show us great examples of your ability to add creativity to Sodexo’s café and dining menus?- Training: Can you develop and train culinary teams in new concepts?- Cost Controls: Can you successfully utilize Sodexo costing tools and computer software programs to manage and positively affect the food, labor and inventory costs for the unit including an understanding of product costs and maintaining GP targets? Do you have strong computer skills, ideally in Word and Excel?- Flexibility: Can you demonstrate your ability to flex and adapt to different types of communication styles and interact successfully with Sodexo staff and client customers? We are seeking Executive Chef candidates with the following in their culinary “toolkits”: - A strong artistic culinary flair – can you impress our customers with your culinary skills?- Knowledge of current culinary trends – can you compete with big city food trends and top chefs?- The ability to conduct research – Can you consistently provide sustainable and creative menu options based on national and global food trends? - Ability to shine in the front of house as well as in the kitchen?- A strong work ethic – Do you always strive for the best and never cut corners?
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Sodexo has a great opportunity for an Executive Chef 2 for Nicholls State University, founded in 1948, is a public university located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System of universities. Nicholls State University is located 50 miles Southwest of New Orleans and 60 miles Southeast of Baton Rouge. Sodexo has been a proud partner of Nicholls State University in excess of 15 years. Sodexo manages 6 retail locations and a resident dining hall. We recently added a Chick Fil A that is accessbile by students and by the public. Nicholls State University has a student enrollment of nearly 6,500 students of which 1,300 reside on campus. We have a strong group of very talented culinary team members that are in search of someone to lead that team. The Executive Chef will be responsible for all culinary operations and the ideal candidate will be an energetic, polished Culinary Professional. Seeking candidates with a proven track record for developing, leading, and engaging culinary teams Is this opportunity right for you?Are you an experienced chef ready to take your career to the next level? At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great culinary career. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance, reimbursement of association dues and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry. We are looking for candidates who will:- manage the daily food production including production planning and controls;- ensure Sodexo Culinary Standards including recipe compliance and food quality;- manage food costing, controls and compliance;- develop menus and manage inventory;- have high expectations for customer service and quality of food;- have the ability and willingness to develop and train front-line employees;- have a passion for food and innovation;- have knowledge of special diets and allergens; and- knowledge of Sodexo Food Management System (FMS) is preferred. The ideal candidate has:- a strong culinary background, with the demonstrated ability to stay current with new culinary trends;- excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to maintain the highest of standards and implements company policies;- previous experience working in a high volume facility; and- strong management skills.Careers in Universities:Working for Sodexo in Universities allows you to support students on their path to adulthood and academic success. Located on college and university campuses across the country, Sodexo creates clean, safe living and learning environments that inspire and drive success. Student success depends upon so many conditions – when they are well fed, safe, comfortable and learning in a clean, well maintained environment they are more likely to succeed. Working for Sodexo:How far will your ambition, talent and dedication take you? Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring and other career growth opportunities, along with the performance of organizations. We believe it is important for our work to be meaningful to all who contribute to it, and we remain faithful to our mission, our core values and the ethical principles that have guided us since 1966. We support these values and help them thrive in each employee. We strive to make working for Sodexo a genuinely great experience with benefits to promote your professional, personal and financial well-being, and to improve your Quality of Life now and into the future. Our experiences with our over 50 million customers each and every day enable us to develop Quality of Life services that reinforce the well-being of individuals, improving their effectiveness and helping companies and organizations to improve performance … every day.
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The University of Southern Maine is a unique campus that spans three different towns in the Southern Maine Area. This Executive Chef oversees a unit that is primarily retail and catering. Retail units include a food court, We proudly brew Starbucks and two Kiosks on the Portland Campus. Oversight of two smaller kiosks on other campuses that are part of the University of Southern Maine.
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Sodexo K12 Schools Segment is seeking a passionate Executive Chef for a high volume, blue chip account. Use your passion for service to create a positive impact and make a difference in the communities we serve! This account is a long term account serving 29 schools in the panhandle in Milton, Florida. The successful candidate will possess a proven track record in the area of operational excellence, innovation, wellness,nutrition management, effective team leadership along with USDA program guidelines adherence. The position will focus on operational excellence, menu development, recipe testing, staff training, as well as be responsible for special events to include, but not limited to, student culinary mentor-ships, wellness fairs, and student culinary competitions. Key Factors:- National School Lunch and Breakfast experience- Culinary standards training for hourly staff- Strong community involvement or development- Bi-lingual is helpful, but not requiredConnect with this recruiter on LinkedIn or Twitter . Please visit our Network with Us page and consider signing up for our Career Connections eNewsletter. Connect, Search and Apply all on the go with the Sodexo Jobs App! Available for smart phones and BlackBerry devices Click HERE.Check our Sodexo Culinary Website http://inmykitchen.sodexo.com/index.html and www.SodexoChefJobs.com microsite.Become a member of Sodexo Careers LinkedIn group at http://linkd.in/Ut7ULI and join our Sodexo LinkedIn Culinary group.
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Sodexo is seeking an experience Executive Chef 2 for our account at Northwestern State University located in Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana, which islocated 4 hours from New Orleans, Dallas, and Houston on I49 between Shreveport and Alexandria. This residential campus has over 1700 students on campus meal plans and along with our residential dining facilities, Sodexo operates retail, catering and concessions for the campus community. Last year we opened a Chick-fil-a that serves the campus as well as the community and this year we will open the first brick and mortar Steak 'n Shake on a college campus in Louisiana. The position reports to the GM and along with an Operation Director, Retail Manager and Catering Director, helps direct and manage all phases of retail, catering and concession operations. The succesful candidate with be a multitasker that will provide excellent customer service with a can do attitude and be able to manager a diverse workforce. Marketing and growing sales to the campus and local community will be a priority of the position. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow your career and experience, this might be the position for you. Knowledge of Sodexo sytems is a plus! Is this opportunity right for you?Are you an experienced chef ready to take your career to the next level? At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great culinary career. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance, reimbursement of association dues and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry. We are looking for candidates who will:- manage the daily food production including production planning and controls;- ensure Sodexo Culinary Standards including recipe compliance and food quality;- manage food costing, controls and compliance;- develop menus and manage inventory;- have high expectations for customer service and quality of food;- have the ability and willingness to develop and train frontline employees;- have a passion for food and innovation;- have knowledge of special diets and allergens; and- knowledge of Sodexo Food Management System (FMS) is preferred. The ideal candidate has:- a strong culinary background, with the demonstrated ability to stay current with new culinary trends;- excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to maintain the highest of standards and implements company policies;- previous experience working in a high volume facility; and- strong management skills.
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Sodexo Campus Dining has an opening for an Executive Chef 2 at Lincoln University located in Jefferson City, MO. Founded in 1866, Lincoln University is a HBCU with a student enrollment of approximately 3800. Food operations include an All-You-Care-To-Eat board operation, retail including Starbuck’s Proudly Brewed and Simply-To-Go as well as catering. **$2500 Sign On Bonus AND Relocation Assistance is available!!**Reporting to the General Manager, the ideal Executive Chef candidate will possess the following: Culinary management experience within a large volume, quality-focused setting, preferably within a college or university environment.High expectations for customer service and quality of food.Understanding of financials as they apply to cost controls of food and labor.Ability and willingness to develop and train frontline employees.Passion for food and innovation.Knowledge of Sodexo systems (DRIVE) preferred.Culinary degree (preferred).Is this opportunity right for you?Are you an experienced chef ready to take your career to the next level? At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great culinary career. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance, reimbursement of association dues and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry.We are looking for candidates who will:manage the daily food production including production planning and controls;ensure Sodexo Culinary Standards including recipe compliance and food quality;manage food costing, controls and compliance;develop menus and manage inventory;have high expectations for customer service and quality of food;have the ability and willingness to develop and train frontline employees;have a passion for food and innovation;have knowledge of special diets and allergens; andknowledge of Sodexo Food Management System (DRIVE) is preferred.To learn more about Lincoln University, please visit http://www.lincolnu.edu/To learn more about Sodexo Campus Dining, please visit http://www.sodexousa.com/usen/quality-life-services/on-site-services/education/Campus.aspx.
