Head Chef For Organic Meal Delivery ($90k)

Are you excited by cooking using seasonal ingredients from local farms? Are you talented at thinking about multiple moving pieces at once? Do you thrive in a leadership position with the support of a great team?

The Cupboard is a women-led meal delivery and personal chef service which aims to execute seasonal and high quality meals for families in the Bay Area. Our focus on quality, taste, and beauty begins with sourcing local organic ingredients and culminates in aesthetically forward presentations that maintain exceptional culinary technique and flavor.

Our diverse service offerings include: Weekly meal delivery subscription; Corporate lunch program; Personal chef services for high-net-worth clients; Special events such as dinner parties. The Head Chef runs our meal delivery and corporate lunch programs.

The Head Chef is responsible for overseeing the kitchen as it prepares and produces delicious food for our clients. This role focuses on leading a team through receiving ingredients, cooking, to plating of meals each week.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a chef who thrives at the intersection of excellent food, strong systems, and people-first management.

This role has a lot of autonomy and decision making! The Head Chef is the operational and culinary anchor of The Cupboard. You will lead weekly production for our meal delivery and corporate programs while managing kitchen operations, budgets, and staff. As part of the senior leadership team, this role plays a crucial part in driving the organization's health and scalability while upholding the values of quality, sustainability, creativity, and committing to healthy & beautiful food for our clients.


Responsibilities include:

— Culinary Leadership & Production
— Lead weekly menu execution for meal delivery and corporate lunch program
— Personally prepare more complex or nuanced dishes
— Maintain exceptional standards of flavor, technique, and presentation
— Operations & Systems
— Own weekly production planning, prep lists, and kitchen workflow
— Manage ordering, inventory, vendor relationships, and quality control
— Maintain ingredient cost targets and support labor efficiency
— Confidently use spreadsheets and operational tools to track production
— Continuously refine processes to improve efficiency and scalability
— Team Leadership & Culture
— Lead, schedule, and support kitchen staff with clear and constructive communication
— Foster a collaborative, accountable, and calm kitchen environment
— Hire and onboard new kitchen team members as needed
— Is all around badass at wrangling and feeding our clients delicious food!


You:
— Have a food handling certification, manager level
— Able to grasp both the details and high level picture of operation (the puzzle and the puzzle pieces).
— Able to communicate clearly and concisely.
— Strong initiative and decision making.
— Strong culinary skills and palate.
— Team player
— Efficient
— Detail oriented
— Service oriented
— Excellent verbal and written communication skills
— Inherent drive for problem solving
— Comfortable working with spreadsheets including formulas
— Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across departments to ensure that operational activities support client-centered service.
— Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, with a track record of driving efficiency and operational improvements.
— Ability to manage and support diverse teams across multiple job functions and backgrounds, fostering a collaborative and intentional culture.
— Genuine interest in food, agriculture, sustainability and sees it as culture, nourishment, and connection.

Experience
— 5+ years in professional kitchens
— 3+ years experience in leadership

Classification:
Full time

Compensation:
$90,000

Benefits:
— 401k after 12 months with up to 3.5% match
— Health care insurance (company pays 50%), available at day 90
— 2 weeks PTO, accrued over time starting at day 90, prefer PTO to occur in company downtime, the first week of July and/or between December 20-Jan 1 when possible
— Staff food program


To apply: fill out the below questionnaire. Emailed resumes will not be considered.
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