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Lead Culinary Specialist - Excel Care Center - Food

ARAMARK

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Compensation
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Location
Tampa, FL
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Serve Safe Certification, required

Job overview

The Lead Culinary Specialist supports food preparation and service, including cooking to recipes, portioning, and maintaining food quality and sanitation. The role coordinates station setup and breakdown, guides employees on the serving line, and assists with customer service and safety tasks. It may also involve work in concessions, catering, and special events as directed by a manager.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer Service, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredLeadership, requiredSupervisory Skills, requiredTeamwork, requiredFollowing Instructions, requiredFood Service, nice to haveLifting and Transporting Hot Food, required

Qualifications

Serve Safe Certification, required

Full job description

Job Description

As a Food Service Worker, you'll assist with food prep, portioning meals, and serving our loyal customers. With guidance from your manager, you'll learn on the job and make great connections with the people we serve. We're looking for team players who are organized, focused, accountable, and above all, bring a positive attitude every day.

The sky is the limit for what you'll go on to achieve next! Ignite your passion, pursue what matters.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead all aspects of and assist in preparation of food items for the day and dating products.

  • Coordinate and assist in setting up and breaking down stations designated by the manager.

  • Cook and otherwise prepare foods according to recipes and directions.

  • Responsible for use of accurate portions when preparing and serving items on the line.

  • Maintain daily temperature logs

  • Responsible for taking samples of all food items on the line prior to serving the customers.

  • Alert management and pull food items that do not meet quality expectations.

  • Complete opening and closing station checklists

  • Greet customers as they approach and leave the serving line

  • Ask customers about the quality of their service and handle any complaints while maintaining a positive attitude and smile.

  • Coordinate and assist in maintaining a clean work station (including floors, work areas, equipment, walls, refrigerators, and meat blocks)

  • Ensures that all work areas and serving utensils are cleaned and sanitized

  • Responsible for accurate disposal of waste from the service line

  • Transfers supplies and equipment between storage and work areas by hand or by cart.

  • Assist with daily safety observations and report safety hazards discovered in the location to management immediately

  • Cross-train in areas as the need arises

  • Able to work in concessions, catering, and special events required by your manager

  • Perform task as requested by your manager on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis

  • Completion of any task requested by a supervisor or member of the Aramark management team.

  • Lead all aspects of and advise the employees working on the line to ensure timely and effective service of the customers. Request support from utility workers for sanitation issues of the line as needed.

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

  • Great customer service and interpersonal skills

  • Strong Leadership and supervisory skills

  • Ability to work in a team environment

  • Serve Safe Certification

  • Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions

  • Food Service Experience preferred

  • Requires frequent lifting/transporting hot food items

  • Ability to work inside kitchen area, interact with heated equipment, steam, loud noise, chemicals and other at risk conditions

This role may have physical demands including, but not limited to, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling and/or extended walking and standing. This role may also require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Education

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .

How this job compares

Set against the 430 open Food Service Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$16–17/hr220 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 27 open Food Service Worker jobs in Florida and 430 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
Food Service Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 18 years (39 postings).
Education
0 of the 430 open Food Service Worker jobs (0%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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