Senior Living Kitchen Lead: Prep Cook & Sous Chef

Century Park Associates; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 22,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Park Associates is seeking a Cook/Sous Chef to prepare nutritious, high-quality meals for residents with a hospitality focus. The role reports to the Dining Services Director and requires a strong emphasis on food safety, portion control, and timely meal service.

Responsibilities include following standardized recipes, maintaining clean work areas, and assisting with special events. Weekend availability is required to support dining services needs.

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have 1 year scratch food preparation experience.
• Must have prior experience regularly preparing meals for large groups.
• Must be able to be ServSafe certified.

Responsibilities

• Maintains system to ensure timely meal services.
• Checks daily menu and special events calendar to ensure necessary food and supplies are available.
• Prepares meals meeting nutritional requirements as well as appetizing in appearance.
• Garnishes plates to enhance overall dining experience.
• Prepares food based on standardized recipes.
• Makes only authorized substitutions.
• Seasons food appropriately.
• Serves food based on established portion controls.
• Assists in preparation of special meals and for special events.
• Estimates portions and utilizes leftovers appropriately to reduce food costs.
• Operates kitchen within state and county regulations including sanitation, food storage, recordkeeping, food temperatures, portion sizes, chemical usage/storage.
• Operates kitchen equipment safely and efficiently: steamer, oven, grill, meat slicer, mixer, grinder, dishwasher, etc.
• Maintains cooler and freezer properly: dates and labels food, no food on floor, etc.
• Assists with putting up stock on delivery days.
• Assists with daily kitchen duties: washing pots/pans, putting up stock, removing trash and boxes, cleaning steam table and checking water levels.
• Completes daily cleaning assignments.
• Maintains a clean and sanitized work environment.
• Follows local and state handwashing procedures to ensure food safety.
• Assists with supervisory duties in absence of Dining Services Director.

Skills

Scratch cooking

Large-scale meal prep

Food safety practices

Customer service

Education

High school diploma

ServSafe certification

Tools

Steamer

Oven

Grill

Meat slicer

Mixer

Grinder

Dishwasher

Job description

Century Park Associates is seeking a Cook/Sous Chef to prepare nutritious, high-quality meals for residents with a hospitality focus. The role reports to the Dining Services Director and requires a strong emphasis on food safety, portion control, and timely meal service.

Responsibilities include following standardized recipes, maintaining clean work areas, and assisting with special events. Weekend availability is required to support dining services needs.