Salary: 80,000 - 90,000 / year based on experience

Other Forms of Compensation: Flexible Paid Time Off, Benefits, 401K, Training

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Job Summary

As a System Support Executive Chef, you will provide flexible culinary leadership across an 9-hospital acute care network throughout the Chicagoland area. You will step into Executive Chef roles as needed to ensure operational continuity, exceptional food quality, regulatory compliance, and outstanding patient and retail dining experiences. This role is ideal for an adaptable culinary leader who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys supporting multiple healthcare facilities.

Bench leaders play a critical role in stabilizing operations, supporting leadership transitions, developing culinary teams, and ensuring consistency across patient dining, retail, catering, and physician dining programs. They help drive food quality, food safety, customer satisfaction, and financial performance throughout the health system.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide culinary and operational leadership across multiple acute care hospitals based on system and facility needs.
• Assess kitchen operations and implement best practices to improve food quality, efficiency, service execution, and associate engagement.
• Hire, train, coach, and develop culinary team members, including cooks, sous chefs, and supervisors.
• Ensure consistent execution of menus, recipes, production standards, and presentation guidelines.
• Maintain compliance with all food safety, sanitation, infection prevention, and workplace safety regulations.
• Partner with Clinical Nutrition, Patient Services, and Nursing teams to support patient dining programs and nutrition standards.
• Monitor food and labor costs, inventory controls, purchasing practices, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Support department training programs, culinary development, and associate engagement efforts.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, operational reviews, inspections, and audits.
• Support retail dining, physician lounges, catering services, and special events as needed.
• Serve as an operational resource during leadership vacancies, program implementations, facility openings, audits, renovations, and periods of increased demand.
• Foster a culture of safety, hospitality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Associate degree with one (1) year of culinary or foodservice experience, or bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts, Foodservice Management, Hospitality Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of progressive foodservice leadership experience, preferably in healthcare, hospitality, or contract foodservice.
• Previous Executive Chef, Sous Chef, or Culinary Manager experience preferred.
• Healthcare foodservice experience strongly preferred.
• ServSafe® Manager Certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food production, menu planning, food safety regulations, and culinary operations.
• Experience managing food and labor budgets, inventory controls, purchasing programs, and productivity initiatives.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and foodservice management systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and customer service skills.
• Ability to travel and support accounts throughout the Chicagoland area daily, with the ability to travel nationally if needed.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new environments, build strong relationships, and lead teams through change and transition.

Apply to Morrison Healthcare today!

Associates at Morrison Healthcare are offered many fantastic benefits.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/ AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Personal Leave
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here or copy/paste the link below for paid time off benefits information.

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Req ID: 1575527

Morrison Healthcare

AMY S MILLER

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