LEAD CHEF

Position Summary

The Lead Chef oversees daily kitchen operations and coordinates the Sous Chefs to provide timely, nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snack service for Brown Christian Academys preschool and elementary students. The Lead Chef supports the Academys Christ-centered mission while maintaining safe food handling, accurate records, effective kitchen operations, and compliance with applicable health and licensing requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Kitchen leadership: Lead daily food-service operations; coordinate, train, and direct Sous Chefs and collaborate with kitchen personnel to meet meal-service schedules.

Meal planning and service: Plan, prepare, portion, and serve nutritious meals and snacks according to approved menus, child-nutrition guidance, age- appropriate needs, and applicable health requirements.

Allergies and dietary needs: Follow documented dietary restrictions and communicate with authorized school staff regarding allergies, substitutions, and meal-service adjustments.

Required documentation: Maintain accurate, timely meal-count, food- temperature, inventory, delivery, and sanitation records.

Inventory and purchasing: Monitor food and supply levels; coordinate ordering, receipt, inspection, safe storage, stock rotation, and waste control as directed.

Food safety and sanitation: Maintain a clean, organized, sanitary kitchen; use and care for equipment safely; promptly report equipment, maintenance, safety, and supply concerns.

School coordination: Communicate professionally with leadership and classroom staff about meal schedules, special events, substitutions, and other food-service needs.

Professional example: Demonstrate dependable attendance, teamwork, Christian service, sound judgment, and professional conduct. Additional assignments: Perform other reasonable duties related to food service, student safety, licensing compliance, or school operations.

Compliance and Professional Expectations

Obtain and maintain credentials, training, certifications, health documentation, fingerprinting, and background clearances required by law, licensing authorities, BCA policy, or the position.

Comply with school safeguarding procedures and applicable mandatory child- abuse and neglect reporting obligations, including direct reports to required authorities.

Protect confidential student, family, employee, and school information, subject to legally protected disclosures.

Follow the Employee Handbook, Staff Blackout Calendar, lawful directives, health requirements, and school safety procedures; participate in performance reviews and coaching.

Accurately record all hours worked and follow BCA timekeeping procedures.