Executive Chef

Brandon Wilde; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose Senior Living Beachwood is seeking an Executive Chef to lead hands-on production cooking in the Community Culinary Services Department. The role ensures top-tier quality, cleanliness, and service, while supervising kitchen staff and maintaining compliance with nutritional standards.

You will create meals that meet dietary criteria, mentor team members, and engage residents to monitor satisfaction and drive continuous improvement in food service operations.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelors degree in culinary arts preferred.
• Culinary degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years experience as a Chef/Kitchen Manager in restaurant/senior living or equivalent environment.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify cleanliness, sanitation and operational organization per Community standards.
• Adhere to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Supervise kitchen employees.
• Prepare and serve menu cycle programs compliant with nutritional criteria and policies.
• Maintain speed, accuracy, and efficiency in cooking.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of all cooking preparation and production.
• Assist with serving meals and ware washing as needed.
• Visit residents to evaluate food service quality and suggest improvements.
• Represent the community in a warm, inviting manner to support marketing and occupancy.
• Support business decisions and employee engagement to drive revenue and occupancy.

Skills

Kitchen supervision

Sanitation standards

Food safety

Education

Associates or Bachelors in culinary arts

Culinary degree

Job description

When you work at Rose Senior Living Beachwood, 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 Beachwood is recruiting for a hospitality focused Executive Chef to join our team! This position is responsible for full-scope, hands on production cooking in the Community Culinary Services Department. Is responsible for maintaining a superior level of quality service and cleanliness at all times.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Executive Chef:

• Exemplify at all times Community standards of cleanliness, sanitation and operational organization.
• Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Supervision of employees in the kitchen.
• Produce and serve menu cycle programs that are compliant with required Nutritional/Dietary criteria as required by local regulations and correctly prepare diets provided per Policy and Procedure.
• Exhibit cooking standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Demonstrate knowledge in all areas of cooking preparation and production.
• Assist with serving of meals and ware washing as necessary.
• Visit residents periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conduct evaluations to make revisions in operations / procedures to promote improved food service.
• Represent the community in a warm and inviting manner, which creates a positive marketing environment.
• 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:

• Associates or Bachelors degree in culinary arts preferred.
• Culinary degree preferred
• Minimum of three years experience as a Chef/Kitchen Manager in restaurant/senior living or equivalent environment.

Position Wages: $70,000 - $75,000

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