Chef

OTG Management

📍Newark, NJ
Posted May 20, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Chef

Company

OTG Management

Location

Newark, NJ

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4410819357

Job Description

YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS NOW BOARDING:
Join OTG as a Chef now at EWR and drive a new type of hospitality. Explore career opportunities in a unique hospitality environment with some of the industry's best compensation and benefits, including PTO, Healthcare, and a competitive 401k match.

WHAT IS OTG?
OTG has revolutionized the hospitality industry by pushing the boundaries of excellence. With more than 300 in-terminal dining and retail locations across 11 airports, OTG, and its 5,000+ Crewmembers, serve millions of travelers each year. By joining our team, you’ll discover endless opportunities to explore, learn and realize your greatest potential in some of the most exciting hospitality environments around. Our people drive our experiences, so we offer our crewmembers some of the best compensation and benefits in the industry.
*We transform airport experiences. You drive it.*
Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000 annually + Bonus Eligibility

  • Compensation may differ based on a variety of job-related factors that are specific to each candidate. These factors encompass, but are not limited to, individual skill sets, professional experience, education/ training, organizational needs, and market dynamics. Our company is dedicated to offering a fair, equitable, and competitive compensation package that truly reflects the value each individual contributes to the organization.**

Position Summary:
The OTG Chef is responsible for overseeing kitchen operations and ensuring that food preparation meets health and safety standards. The Chef will lead, train and mentor culinary teams which include Sous Chefs and Cooks. Key collaboration with our ever-growing set of world-class Chef partners gives the Chef an opportunity to work with the best in the business in each local marketplace. Your culinary knowledge and leadership abilities will contribute to a positive dining experience for our guests.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide culinary, service, and operational support to site-level culinary and service teams.

  • Ensure training material and processes enable the delivery of exceptional cuisine.

  • Monitor food quality and safety standards, ensuring compliance with health regulations and maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen.

  • Train and mentor kitchen staff in cooking techniques, food safety, and kitchen operations.

  • Address quality and/or service gaps to develop continuous improvement across the organization. Make changes based on guest feedback to enhance the OTG dining experience.

  • Ensure menus and products are in line with food cost projections, operational feasibility, quality standards, and guest satisfaction.

  • Cultivate and foster effective partnerships with leadership to execute strategic culinary plans

  • Liaise with supply chain management to identify key potential supplier relationships

  • Uphold and promote the OTG core values and code of conduct

Qualifications:

  • Degree from an accredited culinary institution preferred.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Chef preferred.

  • Multi-Unit, multi-concept, experience a plus.

  • Experience working with unionized employees preferred.

  • Knowledge of FDA and/or major US metropolitan city health code adherence.

  • Proficiency in food costing, menu planning, inventory management, and procurement.

  • Strong written and verbal communication.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Suite and kitchen management software.

  • Must be able to work varied hours/days, nights, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather conditions.

*OTG Concessions Management, LLC and its subsidiaries and affiliates are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.*

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach food costing and inventory management to ensure menus align with financial projections without sacrificing quality?
  • 2.Can you explain your method for ensuring strict compliance with FDA and major metropolitan health codes in a high-volume kitchen?
  • 3.Given the 24/7 nature of airport hospitality, how do you manage kitchen operations, procurement, and menu execution across varied hours and high-volume periods?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you identified a service or quality gap in a kitchen and implemented a continuous improvement initiative based on guest feedback.
  • 2.Describe your experience training and mentoring kitchen staff, particularly Sous Chefs and Cooks, in a fast-paced or unionized environment.
  • 3.Give an example of how you collaborated with supply chain management or leadership to execute a strategic culinary plan or resolve a supplier issue.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are overseeing a high-volume service at EWR when a sudden weather delay causes a massive influx of stranded travelers, but a key supplier delivery is delayed. How do you manage the kitchen operations?
  • 2.You notice that a new menu item from a world-class Chef partner is consistently failing to meet food cost projections and operational feasibility due to waste and complex execution. How do you address this?

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Kitchen OperationsFood Safety ComplianceTeam MentorshipFood CostingMulti-UnitUnionized EmployeesMenu PlanningInventory ManagementGuest SatisfactionContinuous Improvement

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