Executive Chef - High Volume Catering

About this position

SailFuture | St. Petersburg, FL

Found a culinary operation at scale.

True North Nutrition makes elevated school lunches, full-service catering, and premium food products for retail and wholesale. All profit is donated to a nonprofit private school to lower tuition and widen access. You’ll lead the whole operation: food, systems, staff, and growth.

• Salary

  • $70,000 to $90,000 + performance incentives tied to growth and profitability

• Scale

  • About 400 school lunches a day across five schools to start, with a goal of over 1,000, plus catering and retail products

• Reports to

  • Head of Staff

• You lead

  • Culinary staff, interns, and externs

• Benefits

• $250/month toward health insurance, 401(k) with 6% match, 10 days PTO, paid holidays

Run the kitchen

• Lead every part of True North Nutrition’s culinary operation

• Design and run an elevated school lunch program, starting at about 400 meals a day across five schools

• Build production systems that hold quality at scale

• Develop seasonal menus, standardized recipes, and production schedules

• Keep the kitchen compliant with food safety, sanitation, licensing, health, National School Lunch Program, and DOE rules

Grow the business

• Grow lunch volume from 400 to over 1,000 a day

• Build a profitable catering operation for corporate, nonprofit, and community clients

• Create and launch specialty food products for wholesale and retail

• Find new revenue and efficiency, and align the kitchen with leadership’s long-term goals

Lead the team and the numbers

• Recruit, train, and mentor culinary staff with a culture of accountability

• Manage food cost, labor cost, inventory, purchasing, and vendors

• Create real learning experiences for culinary interns and externs

• 5+ years of progressive culinary leadership

• Experience running high-volume production or commissary kitchens

• Catering, food manufacturing, or multi-unit food service experience preferred

• Budgeting, forecasting, and cost management skills

• A record of building teams and developing leaders

• ServSafe Manager Certification, or the ability to get it on hire

• An entrepreneurial, “whatever it takes” mindset and a passion for business as a force for social impactWhy this role

You’ll have real autonomy to build a culinary brand and new revenue, and the profit you generate goes to underprivileged students’ education.

Location and commute

St. Petersburg, FL 33713.

Plan your route with Google Maps. Travel times and transportation options vary; confirm the work location with the employer before commuting.

How to apply

Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3199955134.