Executive Chef - No Late Nights, Senior Living Kitchen

Senior Resource Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Resource Group is seeking a seasoned Food Service Leader to oversee the dining program in a senior living community. You will supervise kitchen staff, manage the department budget, and ensure high-quality meals while maintaining nutrition standards and regulatory compliance.

In this role, you will partner with physicians, Dining Room Manager, and Executive Director to tailor menus to residents' dietary needs, train staff, and optimize operations for quality and profitability.

Qualifications

• Five years supervisory experience required.
• Food Service experience in hospitality, country club, or senior living industry preferred.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to develop, monitor, and adjust a budget.

Responsibilities

• Performs all responsibilities in a manner that is consistent with the community's operating and service philosophy.
• Maintains a professional appearance, manner, and approach while on duty.
• Monitors, on a routine and ongoing basis, key measurable indicators of the daily operations.
• Implements established policies and procedures and standards of performance.
• Helps develop in-service training and ongoing training of staff in order to provide high quality service.
• Participates in departmental and community meetings and projects as directed by Executive Director.
• Maintains appropriate levels of confidentiality.
• Attains and/or maintains ongoing compliance with appropriate local state, federal, regulatory, and/or accrediting body standards; ensures the program is prepared for inspection by regulatory agencies through regular auditing and updating of program policies and procedures, required documentation, environmental standards, etc.
• Administers, plans, and directs activities of food service department providing quality food service.
• Controls costs and manages Food Service department budget.
• Implements policies and procedures, and provides administrative direction for menu formulation, food preparation and service, purchasing, sanitation standards, safety practices, and personal utilization.
• Selects, orients and coaches kitchen staff, and helps develop and direct departmental educational programs.
• Schedules kitchen food service personnel to optimize quality service and departmental profitability.
• Ensures proper maintenance and cleanliness of all equipment.
• Monitors, evaluate and maintain food purchasing and inventory.
• Coordinates interdepartmental professional activities and serves as consultant to management on matters pertaining to food service.
• Supervises activities of workers engaged in food preparation and service.
• Consults with physicians and health care personnel and/or dietary specialists to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions, such as low fat or salt free, of residents.
• Formulates menus for special diets based on medical and physical condition of residents and integrates special menus with basic menus.
• Inspects meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and for standards of palatability and appearance.
• Consults with Executive Director to ensure that menus and policies and procedures conform to nutritional standards, government regulations, and the organization's procedures.
• Consults with Executive Director to best ensure resident satisfaction and to best endure quality.
• Establishes kitchen staffing schedule and monitors staffing.
• Responds to special needs of residents.
• Emphasizes safe food handling practices.
• Works closely with Dining Room Manager to ensure all SRG standards of service, policies and procedures are met in the Food Service Department.
• Works closely with corporate F&B team to ensure SRG compliance in Food Services.
• Promotes and supports Genuine Hospitality Program.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Food service experience

Report writing

Budgeting

Job description

Senior Resource Group is seeking a seasoned Food Service Leader to oversee the dining program in a senior living community. You will supervise kitchen staff, manage the department budget, and ensure high-quality meals while maintaining nutrition standards and regulatory compliance.

In this role, you will partner with physicians, Dining Room Manager, and Executive Director to tailor menus to residents' dietary needs, train staff, and optimize operations for quality and profitability.