Title:  Chef Manager - Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association

Job Description

Are you someone who takes pride in making a meaningful difference in the lives of others? Join a team where your passion can shine through in work that truly matters. 

 At Aramark SeniorLIFE+, we serve thousands of seniors living in assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing, and memory care communities. Everything we do helps make each day special for the residents we serve. From providing delicious dining experiences to keeping spaces clean, safe, and welcoming, we create moments that bring joy, promote wellness, and support vibrant, fulfilling lives. With seniors at the heart of what we do, we are dedicated to nurturing lives and creating meaningful connections. Bring your purpose and passion to Aramark SeniorLIFE+ and be part of a team that makes every moment count.  

The Chef Manager oversees all daily culinary operations for a high-volume, institutional kitchen producing 1,500 scratch and blast-chilled meals daily. This role balances massive-scale food production with strict nutritional guidelines and sanitation standards. The Chef is responsible for maintaining inventory, controlling food costs, ensuring strict temperature compliance, and supervising a team of kitchen staff and volunteers to feed homebound seniors and community programs. 

Job Responsibilities

High-Volume Food Production & Menu Planning

• High volume meal production – institution cooking: Direct the daily preparation, cooking, and assembly of 1,500 hot, chilled, or frozen meals using industrial equipment (e.g., tilt skillets, steam kettles, rack ovens).
• Recipe Scaling: Masterfully scale recipes to handle massive quantities, calculating, prepping and scaling daily recipes.
• Menu Development: Plan rotating menus tailored to senior nutrition that remain appealing when packaged, transported, and reheated.
• Special Diets: Ensure modifications are precisely executed for medical dietary needs (e.g., low-sodium, diabetic-friendly, renal, pureed, and mechanical soft).

Food Safety & Blast-Chilling Compliance

• Regulatory Standards: Maintain 100% compliance with local health department, state, and federal eldercare nutrition regulations.
• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP): Implement and monitor strict HACCP protocols, focusing heavily on rapid cooling, blast-chilling, and safe holding zones.
• Temperature Tracking: Ensure meticulous logging of food temperatures from receiving through final delivery vehicle loading.
• Sanitation Management: Direct the continuous deep-cleaning of industrial food processing lines, sealing machinery, and walk-in complexes.

Inventory, Logistics & Assembly Line Management

• Procurement: Order bulk ingredients weekly, managing massive inventory turnover while minimizing waste and staying within budget.
• Assembly Line Logistics: Oversee the high-speed tray-line packaging or automated sealing systems used to portion 1,500 individual meals accurately.
• First-In, First-Out (FIFO): Enforce strict FIFO rotation across extensive walk-in coolers, freezers, and dry storage facilities.

Leadership & Volunteer Coordination

• Shift Management: Supervise, schedule, and train a professional kitchen crew across staggered prep and production shifts.
• Volunteer Deployment: Organize and motivate rotating teams of community volunteers assigned to high-speed meal packaging and labeling lines.
• Dispatch Collaboration: Coordinate directly with logistics and fleet drivers to ensure all 1,500 meals are temperature-secured, sorted by route, and dispatched exactly on time.

Qualifications

· Experience: Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience specifically running a high-volume production kitchen (e.g., catering, hospital, correctional facility, school district, or military base) producing over 1,000 meals per shift.

· Certification: Active ServSafe Manager Certification required upon hire.

· Experience: Must be proficient in running a full scope HACCP program

· Technical Skills: Proficiency operating large-scale industrial culinary machinery (combi-ovens, industrial sealers, commercial mixers).

Education

About Aramark

Aramark SeniorLIFE+ is dedicated to creating meaningful daily experiences for seniors through exceptional dining, hospitality, and care. We partner with senior living communities nationwide to deliver warm, reliable service that supports dignity, comfort, and independence, empowering our residents to live their best lives.

When you join SeniorLIFE+, you become part of a mission‑driven team that makes a real impact every day. Whether preparing meals, supporting operations, or engaging with residents, your work helps those in our communities feel valued, supported, and, most importantly, at home.

If you’re inspired by purpose and passionate about serving others, Aramark SeniorLIFE+ offers a place to grow, connect, and make a difference.

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.