Sous Chef

Atria Senior Living, Inc.; Derry, Northern (NH, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Atria Senior Living, Inc. is seeking a Sous Chef to join our Dining Services team in New Hampshire. You will prepare nutritious, appetizing meals for residents and ensure a smooth, safe kitchen operation.

Responsibilities include reviewing menus, supervising service, maintaining sanitation standards, completing logs, and assisting with ordering, inventory, and payroll tasks as needed. Collaboration with staff to enhance resident satisfaction is key.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking.
• Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills.
• Experience mentoring and directing others.
• Ability to prepare and follow recipes.
• General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food handling practices.
• Basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious, appetizing and attractive meals for residents.
• Review menus and production instructions; follow holiday menus and recipes with portion-control standards.
• Oversee preparation and service setup; ensure timely, attractively garnished meals.
• Follow food safety, labeling, dating and storage procedures.
• Accurately complete logs (refrigerator, freezer, production sheets).
• Maintain Holiday sanitation standards; clean preparation and serving areas and equipment.
• In absence of Executive Chef, oversee kitchen operations and staff.
• Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve food-related concerns.
• Perform administrative duties including menu planning, ordering, inventory, end-of-month reports, staffing and payroll as needed.

Skills

English communication

Customer service

Mentoring

Recipe execution

Sanitation knowledge

Basic computer skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

In the role of Sous Chef and member of the Dining Services team, you will be responsible to prepare nutritious, appetizing, and attractive meals for our residents and ensure a smooth, efficient and safe operation of the kitchen.

• Review menus and food-production instructions and prepare meals following Holiday menus and recipes while ensuring portion-control standards.


• Oversee preparation and set-up of service to serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner.


• Follow food safe handling procedures in preparation as well as proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food.


• Accurately complete logs in a timely manner i.e., refrigerator, freezer and production sheets


• Follow Holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts.


• In absence of the Executive Chef, oversee the food service staff and overall kitchen operations.


• Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-compliant issues as needed.


• Perform administrative duties including menu planning, ordering, receiving, invoice processing, inventory, end-of- month report, staffing and payroll if needed.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent


• Minimum 2 years’ experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking


• Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills


• Experience mentoring and directing others


• Ability to prepare and follow recipes


• General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food handling practices


• Basic Computer skills