Director of Culinary Services

Brandon Wilde; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose Senior Living at Providence Park is seeking a hospitality-focused Director of Culinary Services to lead the Community's Culinary Services Department. This role involves hands-on management, menu planning, staff supervision, and ensuring compliance with nutrition guidelines and local regulations.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $75,000–$90,000 annually based on experience, with opportunities to influence dining quality, resident satisfaction, and overall community

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree (culinary arts preferred).
• Successful completion of a recognized food safety course.
• Minimum of five years’ experience as an executive chef or chef in a hotel, restaurant, club, or similar.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in administration and management of food service systems.
• Senior living community experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive, professional, upscale culinary services program.
• Supervise the Culinary Services Department including interviewing, hiring, planning and directing work.
• Research, plan, develop, and serve menu cycles meeting nutrition/dietary criteria and local regulations.
• Meet or exceed established budgetary and financial guidelines.
• Hands-on cooking, serving, and dishwashing as necessary.
• Ensure staff are trained, properly uniformed, and capable.
• Visit residents to evaluate food service quality and appearance and revise operations accordingly.
• Support driving top-line revenue and occupancy through staff engagement and sound business decisions.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Budget management

Menu planning

Food service management

Customer service focus

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in culinary arts

Food safety course

Job description

When you work at Rose Senior Living at Providence Park, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company - one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Rose Senior Living at Providence Park is recruiting for a hospitality focused Director of Culinary Services to join our team! The Director of Culinary provides full-scope, hands-on management of the Community's Culinary Services Department. Responsible for maintaining a superior level of quality service and cleanliness. This person is a key member of the Community's management team adhering to policies and procedures and upholding the Community's mission, philosophy, values and the Company's vision, principles and Hospitality Promises.

Compensation: $75,000 - $90,000 annually (based on experience)

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive, professional, and upscale culinary services program in order to create and maintain a positive experience for all customers.
• Supervise the Culinary Services Department. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and hiring; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees.
• Research, plan, develop, produce, and serve menu cycle programs that are complaint with required nutritional/dietary criteria as required by local regulations and correctly prepares diets provided per policies procedures.
• Meet or exceed established budgetary and financial guidelines.
• Responsible for hands-on, direct cooking, serving and dish washing as necessary.
• Ensure professional, trained, properly uniformed, and talented staff.
• Visits residents periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conducts evaluations to make revisions in operations/procedures to promote improved food service.
• Supports creating a culture where the business decisions made in this position, along with individual employee engagement, drive top-line revenue and occupancy.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• Associate or Bachelor's degree (in culinary arts program preferred)
• Successful completion of recognized food safety course
• Minimum of five years' experience as executive chef, chef in a hotel, restaurant, club, or other similar employment
• Minimum of three years' experience in administration and management of food service systems
• Senior living community experience preferred

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