EXECUTIVE CHEF at Liberty Healthcare Management – LANTANA, Florida

Liberty Cares
With Compassion

Liberty Senior Living is currently seeking an experienced:

EXECUTIVE CHEF

Full Time, Days

Job Summary:

• Create and produce a la carte, restaurant, catering, and cycle menus for multiple dining venues. Demonstrate quality and consistency in batch cooking, scaling, and quick service items.
• Trains, coaches, and assists cooks to achieve their best when preparing food.
• Maintains oversight and management of food cost and portion control.
• Provides final critique of items to ensure exceptional plating and presentation.
• Maintains inventory, par levels, and product rotation for food and supplies.
• Oversee and assist with meal preparation and service based on established menus, regulations, established policies, procedures and best practices.
• Regularly solicits customer feedback and incorporate solutions regarding the quality and satisfaction with meals served into meal and service planning.
• Assist with menu planning.
• Maintain and monitor accurate meal documentation records per established procedures.
• Assist with cleaning of equipment and work areas.
• Participates in Food Committee and/or Resident Council Meetings.
• Create a positive dining experience for customers that promotes their independence, choice and overall wellbeing. Encourage customer participation in the dining program, and meal activities.
• Operational Management
• Implement established policies, procedures and practices.
• Ensure implementation and understanding of policies and procedures by staff.
• Ensure maintenance of safe food handling, labeling, storage, and safety/sanitation standards. Demonstrate the ability to safely and effectively use all needed equipment.
• Ensures utility/dish area exceeds regulatory compliance.
• Apply the knowledge and skills needed for the position, including technical competency in food safety and maintain knowledge of organization and industry policies and practices.
• Performs weekly inspections of all food services functions to ensure that quality control measures maintained.
• Works closely with Director to maintain emergency supplies and adherence to safety and sanitation regulations.
• Actively participate in department, community and facility activities, meetings and processes. Effectively collaborate with department, community and facility staff to promote the residents’ total wellbeing.
• Encourages collaboration among all team members and acts as a team player.
• Maintain effective communication systems with all customers.
• Leads ordering, receiving, stocking, maintaining inventory, monitoring and tracking food supplies efforts.
• Follows department budget for food and supplies.
• Purchases from approved vendors as determined by Liberty Senior Livings corporate purchasing agreements. Demonstrate good stewardship of available resources (supplies, utilities, time).
• Review and monitor competence of food services personnel to establish training needs.
• Performs hands-on, verbal, and written training to elevate skill sets of employee’s areas of need. Provide culinary classes to residents, employees, and the public in a wide variety of cuisines. He/she may serve as preceptor/mentor for hospitality/culinary students in areas of hospitality management.
• Reviews, documents, and promptly resolves all resident complaints concerning the dining services department. In the event of a fire or other emergency, he/she assists with resident evacuation.
• Attends in-service training and other work-related meetings as required or approved.

Job Requirements:

• Requires a high school diploma, a minimum of three years of experience working within a kitchen/culinary food service operation in a supervisory position, preferably in a country club, hotel, or healthcare operation, completion of a food service safety and sanitation course (Serve Save Certification) or any equivalent combination of training, education and experience. Culinary school or Hospitality Management education is a strong plus.
• Strong computer skills/knowledge including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and online ordering portals required.
• Nutrition knowledge as it relates to the needs and requirements of seniors preferred.
• Must have the ability to multitask especially during times of high productivity. Must have effective verbal and written communication skills; can clearly get a message across and receive the desired outcome.
• Must also be dependable and have good problem-solving skills
• Must be able to work a variable schedule as needed, including evenings and weekends.

Visit www.libertyseniorliving.com for more information.
Background checks/drug-free workplace.
EOE.