Lead Cook

Vi Living; Aventura (FL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading culinary team as a Lead Cook at a luxury senior living community. You will work closely with experienced chefs, ensuring high-quality food production while mentoring junior staff. This role offers competitive pay, exceptional benefits, and a supportive work environment, making it a great opportunity for culinary professionals looking to advance their careers.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Exceptional benefits

Generous Paid Time Off

401k with company match

Paid maternity and paternity benefits

Award-winning training and development

Tuition Reimbursement

Luxury work environment

Meaningful and rewarding work

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of line cooking experience in high-quality settings.
• Proficient in sauté, grilling, and butchering.

Responsibilities

• Assist Executive Chef in kitchen operations and food production.
• Assign work and train kitchen staff.

Skills

Sauté

Grilling/Broiling

Knife Skills

Communication

Supervisory Skills

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Culinary education

Tools

Point of Sale (POS) system

Job description

Overview

Vi is recognized as a Great Place to Work and one of Glassdoor's 100 Best Companies to work for. Learn from the best and accelerate your career with Vi.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• Exceptional benefits
• Generous Paid Time Off - start accruing on day one
• 401k with company match
• Paid maternity and paternity benefits
• Award-winning training and development
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Luxury work environment
• Meaningful and rewarding work

Vi at Aventura is located at 19333 W. Country Club Drive, Aventura FL 33180

Responsibilities

Lead Cook
An opportunity exists on our highly accomplished culinary team. The selected candidate will have responsibility to work all production stations and assist the Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef or Sous Chef in all areas of kitchen creating a high quality food product while maintaining the highest quality and standards.

Additional responsibilities include:
*Assigning work to other staff as directed
*Assisting with training and development of Cooks and Kitchen Attendants
*Assisting with menu development
*Maintaining kitchen equipment
*Assisting Kitchen Attendant and Pastry Chef as needed

Qualifications

Qualified applicants will possess a minimum of 3 years of basic line cooking experience within a high quality restaurant, country club, hotel or senior living company. Must be proficient in sauté, sweat, poaching, stove cookery, stir fry and grilling/broiling and possess advanced knife skill with proficiency in butchering and seafood preparation. Basic knowledge of ordering fish, produce, etc. Requires strong communications skills, basic supervisory skills and ability to use a Point of Sale (POS) system and work in a team environment.

High school diploma or GED equivalent required. Some culinary education preferred. Possess or be willing and able to obtain Food Handler certificate, as required. Must possess a valid and current driver's license, where applicable.

The application window is anticipated to close within 30 days of the date of the posting.

Pay Range

USD $20.96 - USD $26.20 /Hr.