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Executive Chef

Creative Dining Services
Jackson, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 7/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/7/2026

Be Creative…with Creative Dining Services!

Creative Dining Services is currently seeking an Executive Chef to join our team at Union University in Jackson, TN!  As the culinary expert, the Executive Chef works within the Dining Services Department to ensure high quality, properly seasoned, nutritious food is being provided throughout the operation, in a fiscally responsible and safe manner.  The Executive Chef is part of the Dining Services Management team that works professionally together to make sure the needs of the customer, client, staff, and colleagues are met.

Core Responsibilities of the Executive Chef:

  • Participates in hiring, training, scheduling, time keeping, performance appraisals, and disciplinary actions of kitchen staff
  • Supervises and coordinates culinary activities in all operations
  • Makes food purchases and controls inventory in a fiscally responsible manner
  • Standardizes the production of menus and recipes to ensure quality is offered at all times; communicates with the Creative Dining Services Home Office regarding changes to production recipes and menus as necessary
  • Establishes food quality standards; participates in Food Committee meetings

 

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

  • Culinary Arts Degree, with a minimum of five years cooking experience
  • ServSafe certification
  • Management experience, preferred
  • Membership to the American Culinary Federation, preferred

 

We Offer:

  • Competitive pay
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Bonus opportunities
  • 401(k) with a company match
  • Paid time off
  • And much, much more!

Why Creative Dining Services?

Creative Dining Services partners with college, universities, Fortune 100 companies, full-service senior living communities, conference centers and K-12 schools and camps to provide a different kind of hospitality and facility management services experience – one that’s fun, innovative, and focused on your community.  Why?  Because that’s how it should be.

Creative Dining Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $70,000 - $75,000

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