Executive Chef

Grand Living; West Palm Beach (FL); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

PTO: 120 hours first year

Health insurance

401(k) with 4% company match

Life insurance & AD&D

Free employee meals

Spa & Fitness access

Descripción de la vacante

Grand Living is seeking an Executive Chef in West Palm Beach, FL to elevate the Resident experience through oversight and training of kitchen staff. This role directs menus across Bistro, Casual, Formal, and memory care venues, and guides special events with the measured execution expected at a luxury senior living community.

The Executive Chef reports to the Executive Director and upholds Grand Living standards while delivering exceptional cuisine and service to Residents and guests.

Formación

• The Executive Chef must have a college or culinary school degree and extensive food and beverage experience.
• Two or more years of managing culinary/dining services are required.
• ServeSafe certification and Executive Chef certification are preferred.
• Strong English reading/writing for directing staff and communicating with Residents and guests.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee culinary activities across dining venues: Bistro, Casual, Formal, and memory care services.
• Provide culinary training and supervise kitchen employees to ensure high quality service.
• Direct menu offerings and coordinate special events and private functions.
• Maintain standards in line with Community guidelines and Grand Living policies.

Conocimientos

Staff training

Leadership

Quality control

Educación

Culinary school degree

Food safety knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Grand Living at West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA

Description

About Grand Living

Grand Living is changing the way generations embrace life and is quickly becoming an iconic brand in senior hospitality. What began as a vision to create distinctive senior living communities has evolved into a collection of remarkable residences, offering luxury-inspired amenities and extraordinary service to residents and guests. Our communities include gracious apartments, stunning décor and design excellence at every turn, but from the moment you are greeted, you'll experience something far more luxurious than the architecture: our people. Their unparalleled commitment to personal service in every engagement is at the very heart of what we do.

About the Position

The Executive Chef is responsible for enhancing the overall Resident experience through the provision of exceptional oversight and culinary training to kitchen employees and directing of all menu offerings. The Executive Chef supervises and coordinates culinary activities for all dining venues: Bistro, Casual, Formal, Luminations® memory care and Club Room, as well as special events and private functions. This is to be handled in The Sterling Touch® professional, friendly, courteous, helpful and timely manner, resulting in a very high level of satisfaction for Residents and their guests. The Executive Chef position is under the general guidance of the Executive director in accordance with Community standards, processes, procedures, practices, and philosophies.

Qualifications and Requirements

The Executive Chef must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• College or Culinary School Degree, required.
• Combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from Culinary school or any other combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Five or more years in Food and Beverage, country club, fine dining, restaurant or senior living hospitality experience.
• Two or more years managing culinary or dining services, required.
• Certified Executive Chef, highly preferred.
• ServeSafe certification, preferred.
• Ability to read, write and understand the English language in order to direct, manage, hire and train kitchen staff, complete requisitions, read recipes and communicate with other employees as well as Residents and their guests.
• Sufficient manual dexterity of hands and arms in order to use all kitchen equipment and utensils (e.g. knives, spoons spatulas, tongs, slicers, etc.)
• Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, crouch, bend, stoop, reach, grasp, push, pull and work continuously without sitting for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift or carry, push or pull up to 50 pounds.

For the Executive Chef position, we offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package for full-time employees including 1) a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program offering 120 hours of PTO in the first year, increasing to 160 hours in the second year, and continuing to build with length of service; 2) affordable insurance options for medical, dental, vision and more; 3) a 401(k) with a 4% company match on a 5% contribution, 4) automatic life insurance and AD&D coverage for all team members with a robust employee assistance program (EAP).

PTO is earned at lesser rates for part-time staff. Grand Living is a high-end upscale environment including exquisite cuisine and free employee meals (must meet eligibility requirements), Grand Spa & Fitness facilities available for use at designated times.

At Grand Living, our motto is "Your Life. Uniquely Embraced." We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all, where our differences aren't just accepted, but celebrated.

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