Title:  Head Chef - Business Dining

Job Description

Come join our passionate culinary team! Our Chefs are consummate professionals who provide ongoing training, culinary vision, and leadership.  You’ll take a hands-on approach in focusing on team development, culinary expertise, safety protocols and client relations.  Our Chefs also play a key role in helping us meet budget requirements and execute company-delivered programs.

Aramark is recruiting Head Chef to manage our culinary operations in a corporate setting in downtown Toronto.  This is a Monday – Friday day shift that provides meal service to employees as well as catering services for the Executive Leadership Team. The Head Chef is responsible for developing and executing culinary solutions to meet client needs and tastes for food service and catering operations at each location.  Oversees and manages culinary operations to meet production, presentation, and service standards.  Applies culinary techniques to food preparation and manages the final presentation and service of food.

Job Responsibilities

•    Responsible for menu planning, managing catering menu and day-to-day food station offerings
•    Manages and ensures proper culinary standards and techniques are in place for preparation of food items, production, presentation, and service standards
•    Manages a culinary team of 9 kitchen staff to ensure quality in final presentation of food 
•    Trains and manages culinary employees for best practice food production techniques 
•    Responsible for scheduling, ordering, inventory management, menu creation, food safety audits
•    Responsible for customized menu creations for upscale plated catering events
•    Maintain effective client and guest rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships 
•    Maintain integrity of the standard Aramark food offer; always maintaining food quality and safety 
•    Ensure compliance with Aramark SAFE food and Quality Assurance standards, occupational and environmental safety policies in all culinary and kitchen operations 

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.   

Qualifications

•    Minimum 5 years culinary experience including upscale fine dining and recipe creation
•    Previous kitchen management is required
•    Culinary diploma or degree is preferred
•    Experience with menu construction, culinary trends, chef training, coaching and development
•    Proven ability to develop menu offerings for day-to-day offerings and executive catered events
•    Experience scheduling staff, managing inventory, food and labour costs and wastage
•    Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession
•    Excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills are required

What We Offer

•    Extended benefits including health, dental and vision from the first day of employment
•    Aramark Canada’s Defined Contribution Pension Plan from the first day of employment
•    Three (3) week’s annual paid vacation + 3 personal days
•    Employee Recognition Program including Service Awards
•    Diverse and inclusive workforce
•    Aramark Scholarship Program for dependents of full- time employees

About Aramark

At Aramark, we empower our people to create moments that matter through exceptional hospitality experiences. We serve more than a dozen industries with pride and passion, building community, connection and careers all across the world. 
 
You'll be surrounded by some of the most innovative minds in the industry and powered by our shared mission to pursue what matters. Here, you'll have the opportunity to do great things for our people, our planet, our partners and our communities. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions and enable your growth. Supported by committed leadership, you'll be empowered to try new things and find solutions to tough problems. No matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is to help you reach your full potential and pursue what matters.