Chef De Cuisine

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Kisco Senior Living
Orange, CALIFORNIA, United States
70000 - 75000 USD / Year
  • Food
  • FlexTime
  • FullTime
  • Applications have closed

Job Description: The Chef De Cuisine works side by side with the culinarians to ensure the highest quality of seasonally prepared meals is served daily through various venues.Pay: $70-$75k/yrWhat will I do every day?

  • Creates and implements vision for service excellence in dining

  • Manages and improves resident and family satisfaction, loyalty within dining program

  • Accountable to identify, benchmark and leverage best practices of customer experiences within dining program

  • Develop and maintain effective relationships and two-way communication with residents and families

  • Communicate the company vision and strategy to create alignment between daily activities and company strategy

  • Create and prepare high quality meals utilizing fresh quality ingredients and scratch made recipes consistent with local custom and tastes

  • Demonstrate senior culinary leadership using advanced cooking techniques, diverse cuisines and new cooking equipment

  • Create seasonal menu(s) that align with regional preferences promoting choice and options for residents, guests and associates

  • Effectively supervise culinary department operations on a day-to-day basis informing the Food and Beverage Director of key operational changes and updates

  • Full responsibility and supervision of the culinary team including all cooks and production associates, teaching, leading and inspiring cooking techniques and best practices

  • Preventatively maintain all kitchens, store rooms and scullery in a clean sanitary condition according to state health code or regulatory agency

  • Serve as morning or evening cook at the community as needed

  • Maintain inventory control of quantity and condition of all kitchen small wares, equipment and supplies

  • Responsible for the safe working condition of all food service equipment

  • Purchase all food and non-food supplies from approved vendors, use local artisan vendors where possible

  • Direct responsibility of cooks and utility workers.

What will I need to be successful in this role?

  • A passion for excellence
  • Be a great team player
  • Culinary degree and 3 years professional culinary experience in established scratch cooking food production required. In lieu of culinary degree, candidates that possess 7-10 years professional culinary experience in established scratch cooking food production will be considered.
  • Menu creation and ability to teach cooking techniques, regional cuisines and culinary skills required.
  • Should have extensive experience in a multitude of cuisines and preferably classically trained.
  • Vendor management, purchasing and costing experience preferred.
  • Must possess strong communication and leadership skills.

Special Requirements/Certifications I may need?

  • A current Food Handler’s Certificate is required

What’s in it for me? (Great Question!)

  • Competitive pay
  • Sunday-Thursday work schedule
  • Healthcare Benefits including Vision & Dental
  • Matching 401k
  • Paid Time Off
  • Rewards and Bonus Opportunities
  • Continuous Training and Growth Opportunities

What do we do? We create a great place to live for our residents and a great place to work for our associates. Kisco Senior Living has been a dynamic, award-winning leader in the senior living industry for the past 25 years.All offers of employment are subject to satisfying our pre-employment process which includes: successfully passing a drug screen, TB Test and Background Check*Kisco Senior Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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