Senior Living Sous Chef — Lead Menus & Kitchen Team

Hader Solutions; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Hader Solutions is seeking a Senior Living Sous Chef to oversee daily meal production in a senior living community. You will lead kitchen operations, ensure consistent, high-quality meals, and collaborate with dining leadership on events and menus.

The role emphasizes production planning, dietary modifications, and staff supervision to maintain safety, cost controls, and quality across multiple meals daily.

Qualifications

• Proven culinary leadership experience in high-volume food service.
• Strong knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and storage practices.
• Ability to modify recipes for dietary restrictions.
• Competence in production planning and quality consistency.
• Basic understanding of food cost and inventory management.
• Leadership skills for coaching, training, and supervising kitchen staff.

Responsibilities

• Support menu development and execute production for multiple meals.
• Adapt recipes to meet special diet requirements.
• Coordinate next-step and next-day prep to maintain readiness and quality.
• Maintain safe, sanitary kitchen operations and organized storage areas.
• Assist with food cost management and inventory controls.
• Support staff scheduling, training, and supervision.
• Collaborate with dining leadership to help deliver special events.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Food safety

Dietary modifications

Production planning

Food cost & inventory

Staff coaching

Job description

Hader Solutions is seeking a Senior Living Sous Chef to oversee daily meal production in a senior living community. You will lead kitchen operations, ensure consistent, high-quality meals, and collaborate with dining leadership on events and menus.

The role emphasizes production planning, dietary modifications, and staff supervision to maintain safety, cost controls, and quality across multiple meals daily.