What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN Travel Chef Manager position at Wallick?
Description
Position Summary
The PRN (As Needed) Travel Chef Manager is a highly skilled culinary leader responsible for supporting multi-unit food service operations across several locations. This role provides leadership during vacancies, transitions, openings, trainings, and performance improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate is adaptable, systems-driven, and committed to culinary excellence and team development while maintaining brand standards in dynamic environments.
Key Responsibilities
Position Summary
The PRN (As Needed) Travel Chef Manager is a highly skilled culinary leader responsible for supporting multi-unit food service operations across several locations. This role provides leadership during vacancies, transitions, openings, trainings, and performance improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate is adaptable, systems-driven, and committed to culinary excellence and team development while maintaining brand standards in dynamic environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide interim culinary leadership at assigned locations
- Execute and maintain company culinary standards, resident-centered dining experience, recipes, and presentation guidelines
- Ensure consistency in food quality, taste, and execution across deployments
- Some overnights depending on need and distance
- Stabilize kitchens during leadership gaps, openings, renovations, or relaunches
- Reinforce proper cooking techniques, food safety, and sanitation standards
- Assist in onboarding and training new culinary staff
- Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, company policies, and sanitation standards
- Maintain readiness for inspections and internal audits
- 5 years of progressive culinary leadership experience
- Previous Sous Chef or Chef Manager experience
- Multi-unit, hotel, resort, or contract dining experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of kitchen operations, food cost control, and labor management
- Proven ability to lead teams in high-pressure environments
- ODH Food Manager Certification (or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire)
- Opening team experience
- Experience in turnaround or recovery environments
- Corporate or branded concept experience
- Adaptability
- Leadership presence
- Problem-solving
- Operational discipline
- Cultural awareness
- Ability to stand for extended periods
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work in varying kitchen environments