POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Chef de Cuisine
DEPARTMENT: The Grill
DEPT CODE: 0777
REPORTS TO: Executive Chef
STATUS: Exempt
HOURS: Full-time (40+)
TUITION: Taxable
LOCATION: FTL | 2401 W Cypress Creek Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
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At Calvary Chapel, we are called to make disciples of Jesus Christ by connecting people to God, people to people, and people to outreach. Our vision is to reach our community and change our world. As a staff member, it’s not what we do, it's who we are.
Your passion:
The Chef de Cuisine is responsible for leading and managing all culinary operations for The Grill at Calvary, including restaurant dining, high-volume catering production, cafeteria food service, Hub food production, and collaboration with Generous Cafés across the Calvary campuses.
This position ensures exceptional food quality, consistency, cost control, menu innovation, and operational excellence while developing and leading a high-performing culinary team.
The Chef de Cuisine serves as the senior culinary leader, partnering with management to create memorable guest experiences, maintain financial performance, and support the mission and values of Calvary.
You are:
- Convinced a relationship with Jesus changes everything in a person’s life
- Committed to keeping your family as your first ministry
- Dedicated in your personal study of God’s Word
- Consistently placing a high priority on worship and your personal prayer life
- An excellent and generous steward of your personal finances
- Obedient to God to take a Sabbath and make space for soul-keeping
- Deeply compassionate towards people who are in need or hurting
- Excited about global missions and local outreach - you want to change the world
- A part of a healthy friendship community and accountability circle
- Willing to give up personal pleasures and freedoms in order to live a life above reproach and that is aligned with our Leadership Covenant
You will:
Culinary Leadership
- Lead and supervise all kitchen operations for The Grill restaurant, catering department, cafeteria, and Hub food production.
- Maintain the highest standards of food quality, presentation, consistency, sanitation, and safety.
- Develop, train, mentor, and evaluate culinary staff to ensure excellence in execution and teamwork.
- Establish and enforce standardized recipes, production methods, and portion controls.
- Ensure proper staffing levels and scheduling to support restaurant, catering, and campus food service operations.
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and mission-driven kitchen culture.
- Manage food cost percentages and labor costs to achieve budgeted goals.
- Analyze purchasing trends and identify opportunities to reduce waste and improve profitability.
- Implement inventory controls, product utilization strategies, and portion management systems.
- Conduct regular inventory counts and monitor food usage.
- Review and approve all food purchases and vendor selections.
- Oversee all food ordering and receiving for restaurant, catering, cafeteria, and Hub production operations.
- Maintain strong relationships with vendors and negotiate pricing opportunities.
- Ensure product quality standards are met upon delivery.
- Monitor inventory levels and maintain proper stock rotation procedures.
- Coordinate purchasing to maximize efficiencies across all campus food service outlets.
- Oversee culinary execution for high-volume catering events ranging from small meetings to large campus events.
- Collaborate with the catering team to develop menus, production plans, and event execution strategies.
- Ensure consistency, quality, and timely delivery for all catering functions.
- Develop scalable systems for large-volume food production while maintaining quality standards.
- Create and update menus for The Grill, catering, cafeteria, Hub food offerings, and campus café collaborations.
- Develop seasonal menus, special event offerings, and promotional features.
- Analyze menu performance and make adjustments based on guest feedback and profitability.
- Introduce innovative culinary concepts while maintaining operational efficiency.
- Partner with Generous Cafés and campus food service leaders to maintain consistency and quality standards.
- Assist with menu planning and product development across campus locations.
- Support campus-wide culinary initiatives and special events.
- Promote operational efficiencies through shared purchasing and production opportunities.
- Monitor food production daily to ensure consistency and guest satisfaction.
- Conduct regular quality checks of all restaurant, catering, cafeteria, and Hub food products.
- Maintain compliance with all health department regulations and food safety standards.
- Ensure all kitchen equipment is properly maintained and utilized.
You have:
- Minimum 5 years of progressive culinary leadership experience.
- Experience managing high-volume restaurant and catering operations.
- Strong knowledge of food cost controls, inventory management, and purchasing.
- Proven ability to lead and develop culinary teams.
- Experience with menu development and recipe standardization.
- Comprehensive knowledge of food safety and sanitation regulations.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and special events as needed.
What you are required to know:
- We are an EEO employer.
- You may have to bend, sit or stand for prolonged periods of time, lift, pull, push and/or move up to 35 lbs.
- This is a full-time (40+ hours/week) salary exempt position.
- You may have to work evenings and/or weekends to assist with special events or emergencies.
As an employee of and an associate minister of the Gospel, Calvary Chapel expects all employees to:
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Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role on staff.
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Teach from the Bible in the appropriate environments inclusive of staff meetings, conferences, camps and/or outreach events.
It would be incredible if:
- You love what you do and have fun doing it!
- You have Experience in multi-unit food service operations
- You love serving large-scale catering events
- You play a musical instrument (or sports).
- You have some other incredible thing you do.
Work Schedule:
Staff culture is important to what we do. To love like family, we require all staff to attend all staff meetings, department meetings and serve with a willing heart especially at all major campus events.
Full time (40+ hours/week)
