Prepared Foods & Catering Supervisor

Prepared Foods & Catering Supervisor Nouelle Maison Winchester, MA Job Details Full-time $20 - $25 an hour 1 day ago Benefits Store discount Paid training Health insurance Paid time off Employee discount Qualifications Line cook experience ServSafe Kitchen knives In-person customer service Menu planning Team development Cross-functional collaboration Full Job Description Who are we? Are you passionate about food, wine, and hospitality and excited to join a dynamic, entrepreneurial team? Let's talk! We're Nouvelle Maison, a French-inspired market, café, and wine shop in the heart of downtown Winchester. Think of us as your neighborhood destination for great food and wine: part café, boulangerie, fromagerie, and curated wine & spirits shop. Nouvelle Maison is a place to shop for the home and a space to gather. Customers come to us for lunch, cheese & charcuterie, wine, gifts, catering, tastings, and everyday hospitality. Located next to the Winchester Train Station (Lowell Line), we're just 18 minutes north of Boston. Job Description We are looking for a Catering & Production Supervisor to help lead one of the fastest growing parts of our business: lunch, prepared foods, and catering. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves good food, clean systems, and a busy service environment. You'll help shape our sandwich, salad, and catering menus, keep production running smoothly, and make sure every order leaving the kitchen is delicious and thoughtful. Lunch and catering are a growing part of our business, and we want someone who is excited to help build that program with us. Over time, there may be an opportunity to help shape a larger production operation, including the possibility of a commercial kitchen space. You'll work closely with our cheese, café, and management teams, and you'll also be trained behind the cheese counter so you can build broader specialty food knowledge and support Cheese & Charcuterie during busy moments.

Responsibilities include:

Lunch & Prepared Foods Program :

Own the daily lunch program, including sandwiches, salads & seasonal prepared foods

Catering :

Manage catering orders from intake through execution, including quotes, timelines, staffing and logistics

Buying & Inventory:

Coordinate buying for catering, prepared foods, produce, and related supplies

Menu Development:

Help evolve the sandwich, salad, and catering menus based on seasonality, sales, and customer demand

Cheese Counter Support:

Learn cheesemongering basics and support the cheese team during busy periods

Team Leadership :

Train and organize our growing team of catering specialists on recipes, standards, food safety

Systems, Documentation & Quality Standards :

Maintain recipes, builds, prep lists, pars and production standards

Food Safety & Standards :

Maintain strong sanitation, labeling, storage and food handling standards.

Key Skills Required:

Passion for sandwiches, lunch service and specialty food retail 2-3 years of experience in food production, catering, prepared foods, cafe or restaurant operations Experience with ordering, prep planning, inventory, or catering coordination preferred Organized and reliable, and comfortable creating systems Hands-on, practical and calm in a fast-paced environment Comfortable working with customers and across departments Interested in growing into a broader leadership role over time ServSafe or equivalent food safety certification preferred Supervisory experience helpful, but not required for the right candidate

Benefits:

Salary:

$20-24 / hr (depending on experience) plus participation in Nouvelle Maison's 3% house fee program Store discount Paid time off and sick days Health insurance stipend If you are an energetic, food-focused leader and want to be part of a growing lunch and catering program, we would love to hear from you.

Pay:

$20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

Employee discount Health insurance Paid time off Paid training

Work Location:

In person