Joseph Loftus

About

The Longer Version

Chef by trade, dad first. When I'm not in the kitchen or chasing my kids around, I'm pulling on plastic holds, loading barbells, or tinkering with code that probably doesn't need to exist. I take photos of all of it.

Experience

2025 - Present

CulinArt Group / Compass

Area Support Chef

  • - Supporting multiple accounts across the Mid-Atlantic B&I region.
  • - Troubleshooting operations and filling gaps where needed.

2024 - 2025

Lockheed Martin (CulinArt)

Chef

  • - Returned to manage food service operations.
  • - Oversaw daily production for corporate dining.

2022 - 2024

Private Schools (CulinArt)

Chef

  • - Agnes Irwin School, George School, Chestnut Hill Academy.
  • - Managed kitchen operations for K-12 dining programs.

2019 - 2022

Lockheed Martin (CulinArt)

Chef

  • - First executive chef role, managing two units.
  • - Built menus for corporate workforce with varied tastes.

2014 - 2017

Steam Pub

Line Cook

  • - Worked the line while completing apprenticeship.
  • - Fast-paced pub environment, high volume service.

2013 - 2019

BCCC (CulinArt)

Cook → Sous Chef → Chef

  • - First CulinArt account—worked while earning my degree.
  • - Cook for two years, sous chef for one, chef for two.

What I'm Into

Sauté · Grill · Pastry · Butchery · FermentationPowerlifting · Bouldering · Hiking · Trail RunningJavaScript · Vue · Swift · Raspberry PiPhotography · Lightroom · Film · Writing

Practice

Lifting

Squat, hinge, push, pull. Nothing fancy.

4x weekly

Climbing

Bouldering at the gym. Outside when I can.

2x weekly

Cooking

For work and for home. Two different kinds of love.

Daily

Photos

Digital for the kids. Film for everything else.

Always

Contact

Say hi. I like meeting people who make things.

hello@josephloftus.com