Full-Time Sous Chef

Days, Nights, and Weekends Required (Rotating Shifts)

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Join us at Lakewood where we impact lives and build careers!

We are a regional leader in senior care and are located in the west end of Richmond. Our mission is to empower individuals with choices in purposeful living built on values of faith, servant leadership, stewardship, integrity, peace of mind, innovation and joy.

If you are looking to make a difference, we’d love to talk to you!

Our Cooks prepare food needed for meal service using commercial kitchen equipment, quantity food preparation techniques and quantity recipes. They ensure food is fresh, high quality and prepared with safe food handling practices. We are seeking a very special candidate for this important role! We offer perks such as free meals, team member appreciation events, flexible scheduling and generous paid time off. We have a strong reputation for workplace excellence and our leadership demonstrates team member commitment and appreciation every day!

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Early access to earned wages
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
• Flexible scheduling & generous PTO plan
• Supportive environment to grow your career
• 4.5% dollar for dollar match on our 403B
• First dollar generous contributions to HSA accounts plus a match!
• Amazing residents, team members, and leaders!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervision of food preparation and presentation; ensures safe and sanitary use of equipment and handling and preparation of food in accordance with all sanitary and facility standards.
• Assists in the planning and implementation of the four (4) week cycle menu; including recipe development and menu changes that occur annually Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Has the authority to make decisions and implement menu substitutions.
• Ensures kitchen and dining staff practice safe and sanitary use of equipment and food handling in accordance with sanitary and facility standards.
• Ensures the kitchen, dish room, and storage facilities are maintained in a clean, orderly, and safe condition.
• Inspects quality, quantity, temperatures, and appearance of food before it is served; including the cafeteria line, health care, assisted living, and employee dining.
• Ensures temperature logs for all food are completed daily.
• Ensures proper planning, purchasing, and organization of food and supplies to meet food service needs and in accordance with facility standards and budgets.
• Tracks annual and monthly food and supply cost to assure budgetary needs are being met. Ensures adequate quantities of food is on hand for daily operation.
• Remains familiar with Department of Health regulations governing our community and licensed nursing homes; standards set forth by the Department of Social Services governing homes for adults; and OSHA regulations.
• Conducts staff in-service training events as capable and as directed by the Director of Culinary Services.
• Strives for quality improvement at all times to ensure quality excellence, reduce risk liability and to enhance Resident satisfaction.
• Assists the Culinary Services Director with Annual Evaluations.
• Will interview, hire, supervise, coach, evaluate, discipline, and assist employees in setting and meeting performance goals. Develop and monitor performance and responsibilities of assigned staff while monitoring staffing patterns.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Requirements
• 5 years of culinary management or supervising as a sous chef or executive chef
• 2 years’ experience in high end and high volume banquet or catering production, preferred
• 2 years’ experience in senior living/healthcare preferred.
• Ability to multitask, solution oriented, self- motivated, highly effective communication skills both verbal and written, high effective critical thinking and analytical skills, highly effective leaderships skills, and ability to effectively train employees.
• Culinary degree, preferred.
• Thorough knowledge and previous experience in purchasing, receiving, and maintaining budgeted food cost.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of food handling and food safety.
• Thorough knowledge cooking techniques, cooking fundamentals, plate presentations.
• Knowledgeable in product identification and regional, ethnic, and cultural cuisines
• Experience in menu development of daily specials, appetizers, fine dining restaurant menu items, buffets items, specialized diets, catering, and short order café items

At Lakewood, energy, compassion, creativity and talents are valued and rewarded. We want you to be the best you can be – we can do this together with work/life integration, coaching, and opportunities to grow. Together we can make a difference for residents and their families. Come join our winning team!