Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Description:
The Executive Chef EL/IL is accountable for ensuring all meals served to residents and their guests in our assisted living and memory care communities meet and/or exceed their expectations. The Executive Chef leads a team to deliver high-quality, delicious and nutritious food while meeting proper food safety, sanitation, and profitability goals.
Key responsibilities include:
- Hire, train, manage and develop food preparation staff and kitchen utility workers/dishwashers ; determine work schedules and work assignments.
- Oversee the preparation, presentation and quality of food.
- Ensure cleanliness of dining services work area and proper storage of food; inspect and maintain storage rooms, utility rooms and other areas of the dining department, and maintain equipment and supplies.
- Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining safety standards.
- Ensure that dining services team members follow Universal Precautions, established safety rules, fire and disaster procedures and departmental policies and procedures.
- Respect resident confidentiality; monitor dietary services and maintain records to ensure that residents’ dietary needs and requests are met.
- Responsible for inventory control and purchasing (e.g., food, equipment, supplies) in accordance with the budget.
- Participate in the development of the food services department budget and forecast with the General Manager. Budget items include food, equipment, supplies and labor; manage the budget.
Requirements:
Position Requirements:
- Possess a 2-year culinary degree or a minimum of 5 years’ related experience in a supervisory role.
- Possess extensive food and beverage knowledge within the food service industry.
- Possess the ability to effectively and professionally engage, interact and collaborate with residents and associates.
- Have excellent communication skills; multi-lingual skills a plus.
- Be a customer-focused, proactive and creative problem-solver.
- Have a servant-leader mentality and good management skills.
- Work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Computer-savvy; able to learn and work effectively with new technologies.
- SERVSafe certification preferred.
- Be willing and able to take and pass a drug screen.
- Be willing to consent to and able to pass a criminal background screen.
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