COOK SUPERVISOR

Nutrition Management Services Company; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 31.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nutrition Management Services Company is seeking a hands-on Cook Supervisor for an assisted living community serving approximately 85 residents. This position combines cooking, team leadership, and resident hospitality in a small kitchen with limited equipment.

Responsibilities include preparing meals, ensuring recipe compliance, following dietary instructions, coordinating staff, and leading in the director’s absence. The role requires strong leadership and a patient, service-oriented approach.

Qualifikationen

• Prior commercial kitchen cooking experience required.
• Previous supervisory or lead cook experience preferred.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes, menus, and production instructions.
• Must follow resident diet instructions and food allergy requirements.
• Strong organization, communication, and leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices.
• Comfortable working alongside the team and adapting to changing daily needs.
• A patient, professional approach and a commitment to serving older adults.
• Availability to work 9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., including alternating weekends and holidays.

Aufgaben

• Prepare and serve lunch and dinner according to approved menus, standardized recipes, portion sizes, and production schedules.
• Maintain a strong focus on recipe and menu compliance, following established procedures for substitutions or changes.
• Follow resident diet instructions, including prescribed textures and food allergy requirements.
• Coordinate daily kitchen assignments and support staff to ensure meals are prepared accurately and served on time.
• Lead the department in the Food Service Director’s absence, addressing routine concerns and communicating issues that require follow-up.
• Support dining room service, ensuring meals are presented attractively and served with courtesy and attention to residents’ needs.
• Interact warmly and respectfully with residents, listen to feedback, and communicate concerns to the director.
• Prepare food for special events, resident functions, and catering needs.
• Plan and organize production to make effective use of a small kitchen and limited equipment.
• Maintain sanitation and food safety standards, including proper food storage, labeling, temperature monitoring, cleaning, and safe equipment use.
• Assist with inventory counts, ordering, receiving, stock rotation, and waste control.
• Help train staff and reinforce expectations for food quality, sanitation, teamwork, and resident service.

Kenntnisse

Commercial kitchen experience

Supervisory experience

Follow standardized recipes

Dietary requirements

Leadership

Food safety

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Patient demeanor

Jobbeschreibung

Job Details: Job Location: New York, NY 10036, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: 2 Year Degree, Salary Range: $22.50 - $26.00 Hourly, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Restaurant - Food Service, Cook Supervisor – Assisted Living

Schedule: 9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. (or as needed based on needs of resident care and special events), including alternating weekends and holidays

Meal Service: Lunch and dinner

Nutrition Management Services Company is seeking a hands-on Cook Supervisor for an assisted living community serving approximately 85 residents. This position combines cooking, team leadership, and resident hospitality in a small kitchen with limited equipment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve lunch and dinner according to approved menus, standardized recipes, portion sizes, and production schedules.
• Maintain a strong focus on recipe and menu compliance, following established procedures for any substitutions or changes.
• Follow resident diet instructions, including prescribed textures and food allergy requirements.
• Coordinate daily kitchen assignments and support staff to ensure meals are prepared accurately and served on time.
• Lead the department in the Food Service Director’s absence, addressing routine concerns and communicating issues that require follow-up.
• Support dining room service, ensuring meals are presented attractively and served with courtesy and attention to residents’ needs.
• Interact warmly and respectfully with residents, listen to feedback, and communicate concerns to the director.
• Prepare food for special events, resident functions, and catering needs.
• Plan and organize production to make effective use of a small kitchen and limited equipment.
• Maintain sanitation and food safety standards, including proper food storage, labeling, temperature monitoring, cleaning, and safe equipment use.
• Assist with inventory counts, ordering, receiving, stock rotation, and waste control.
• Help train staff and reinforce expectations for food quality, sanitation, teamwork, and resident service.

Qualifications

• Prior commercial kitchen cooking experience required.
• Previous supervisory or lead cook experience preferred.
• Ability to follow standardized recipes, menus, production instructions, and resident dietary requirements.
• Strong organization, communication, and leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices.
• Comfortable working alongside the team and adapting to changing daily needs.
• A patient, professional approach and a commitment to serving older adults.
• Availability to work 9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., including alternating weekends and holidays.

Bring your cooking skills and leadership to a community where meals are an important part of each resident’s day.