Senior Living Sous Chef - Flexible Hours & Growth

Discovery Senior Living; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Early wage access

Flexible scheduling

PTO & Holidays

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Paid training

Growth opportunities

Uniforms provided

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Discovery Senior Living in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Sous Chef to enrich residents' dining experiences across levels of care. You’ll oversee food production, presentation, and back-of-house operations, ensuring meals meet dietary guidelines and budget requirements while maintaining high quality.

This full-time role requires an Associate’s degree in culinary arts and at least three years as a Chef/Kitchen Manager, plus a recognized food safety course.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in culinary arts preferred.
• Minimum of three years experience as a Chef/Kitchen Manager in a food service environment.
• Successful completion of recognized food safety course.

Responsibilities

• Assist chef with planning, staffing, organizing and coordinating the preparation of all meals in all levels of care.
• Helps planning menus and menu cycles according to cultural and regional food preferences, and resident dietary guidelines. Adjusts recipes to appropriate yield.
• Assisted living food requirements as it pertains to state standards.
• Monitors the quality and consistency of the food to include food temperatures, portion control, palatability and attractiveness of food, and implements changes to ensure quality according to established standards.
• Assists chef with time clock management as it relates to labor actuals. These are completed on a weekly basis to ensure compliance with budget.
• Ensures compliance with Resident dietary restrictions as it pertains to community
• Observes/and works side by side with workers engaged in preparing, portioning, and garnishing foods to ensure that methods of cooking and garnishing and sizes of portions are as prescribed.
• Gives instructions to cooking staff in fine points of cooking.
• Assists chef with Inventorying food items monthly in the community
• Create custom holiday menus
• Conducts regular Quality Assurance Audits.
• Practices all safety and loss prevention procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Menu planning

Labor management

Food safety

Quality control

Education

Associate’s degree in culinary arts

Job description

Discovery Senior Living in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Sous Chef to enrich residents' dining experiences across levels of care. You’ll oversee food production, presentation, and back-of-house operations, ensuring meals meet dietary guidelines and budget requirements while maintaining high quality.

This full-time role requires an Associate’s degree in culinary arts and at least three years as a Chef/Kitchen Manager, plus a recognized food safety course.