Corporate Chef - Multi Site Operations

Job summary

Oversee culinary operations across six corporate cafeterias, maintaining consistent food quality, freshness, presentation, and standards while developing menus for cafeterias, catering, and school accounts. Control food and labour costs, support and train café teams, assist with catering events, and provide hands-on kitchen and front-of-house coverage as needed.

Job details

Canuel Caterers is hiring a CORPORATE CHEF! Mostly Monday to Friday | Daytime Hours | Multi-Site Operations Are you a passionate, hands-on chef who loves creating great food, developing menus, and supporting a team? We’re looking for a Corporate Chef to oversee culinary operations across our six corporate cafeteria accounts, support catering services, and develop exciting menu offerings for our school accounts. This is a hands-on role for someone who combines strong culinary skills with operational leadership. From developing fresh, creative menus and managing food costs to working alongside our café teams and stepping in to support daily operations when needed, you’ll play an important role in maintaining the quality and consistency of our food service operations. What You’ll Be Responsible For * Multi-Site Culinary Operations: Oversee day-to-day food service operations across six corporate cafeteria accounts, ensuring consistent quality, freshness, presentation, and company standards. * Menu Development: Create innovative, practical menus and develop new food offerings for our corporate cafeterias, catering services, and school accounts. * Food & Labour Cost Control: Develop standardized recipes, manage food costing and portion control, monitor inventory and waste, and support effective labour management. * Team Support & Leadership: Work closely with café teams to coach, train, and support staff while maintaining high culinary standards across all locations. * Catering Support: Assist with menu planning, preparation, coordination, and execution of catering events. * Hands-On Operational Support: Lead by example and step in to cover kitchen and front-of-house shifts when needed. We’re looking for someone comfortable jumping in wherever support is required, from food preparation and service to customer-facing responsibilities. The Ideal Candidate You’re a chef first and a leader by example. You enjoy creating great food, developing new ideas, mentoring teams, and making sure every location delivers a consistent, high-quality experience. You’re just as comfortable developing a new menu as you are stepping behind the counter or into the kitchen to support a busy service. If this sounds like you, or someone in your network, we’d love to connect! Send your resume over to: jobs@canuelcaterers.ca

What you’ll do

Oversee culinary operations across six corporate cafeterias, maintaining consistent food quality, freshness, presentation, and standards while developing menus for cafeterias, catering, and school accounts. Control food and labour costs, support and train café teams, assist with catering events, and provide hands-on kitchen and front-of-house coverage as needed.

Requirements

The posting seeks a hands-on chef with strong culinary skills who can develop practical, creative menus and lead by example across multiple locations. The ideal candidate is comfortable coaching teams, managing food costs and operations, and stepping into food preparation, service, and customer-facing duties; no specific education or years of experience are stated.

Listed skills

• Customer service · Preferred
• Food preparation · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred
• Food service · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Multi-Site Culinary Operations
• Menu Development
• Food Costing
• Labour Cost Control
• Recipe Standardization
• Portion Control
• Inventory Management
• Waste Management
• Team Leadership
• Staff Coaching
• Staff Training
• Catering Coordination
• Food Preparation
• Food Service
• Kitchen Operations
• Customer Service

Job areas

• Food & Beverage
• Hospitality
• Management & Leadership
• Customer Service & Support