Chef Manager

Overview

Tufts Dining is a self-operated food service provider managing a comprehensive collegiate dining program on the Tufts University Medford / Somerville and SMFA / Fenway campus, delivering high quality, contemporary and innovative food, and hospitality services to meet the various needs of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and visitors in a fiscally responsible manner. Our team provides a progressive resident dining program as well as innovative retail services, and a distinctive university catering program serving a campus community comprised of 6500 undergraduates, 2100 graduate students, and 2300 staff, faculty and administrators.

Dining Centers and Catering are open 7 days a week. Working weekends, evenings, and holidays will be expected.

What You'll Do

The Chef Manager will be responsible for the effective management of the kitchen, food production stations and culinary staff in the resident dining unit.

• The Chef Manager will provide leadership in the areas of food preparation and presentation, menu and recipe development, quality control, sanitation, food-borne illness prevention, inventory control, production forecasting and food and supplies ordering.
• Will monitor all food production procedures, directly supervise culinary staff, and provide culinary skills training to all unit staff.
• Will foster creativity and productivity in employees through positive daily interactions and on-going coaching.
• Will ensure the timely service of consistently high quality and safe foods with authentic flavors and appetizing appearance and within acceptable cost parameters.
• Will accomplish all this through effective production scheduling, ensuring proper preparation techniques, effective recipe and inventory management and successful communication with peers, staff, and customers.
• The Chef Manager will be expected to become proficient with FoodPro software.
• The Chef Manager will work closely with front-of-house service staff to ensure proper food presentation and excellent customer service.
• As a member of the unit management team the Chef Manager will be responsible for the overall supervision of Manager-on-Duty shifts as scheduled and will work cooperatively with members of the unit management team to deliver a high-quality dining experience.
• The Chef Manager must demonstrate strong food service management.
• Must possess strong and effective communication skills, verbal, and writing.
• Must have substantial experience with various food production equipment, culinary techniques, and cuisines.
• Self-motivated and creative with a positive attitude.
• Must be detail-oriented, organized, and able to lead and direct a culinary staff of varied experience levels and be flexible as business demands.
• Must work well under time-pressure and in a structured environment.

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements :

Degree in Culinary Arts or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience

Preferred Qualifications :

Work Schedule Requirements :

Pay Range

Minimum $65,900.00, Midpoint $82,300.00, Maximum $98,800.00

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.