Sous Chef

Cedar-Sinai-Park; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal per shift

Health benefits

Paid vacation

403(b) retirement plan

Shoe stipend

Job summary

Cedar Sinai Park in Portland, OR seeks a Sous Chef to assist the Director of Culinary Services by overseeing Rose Schnitzer Manor kitchen operations, guiding culinary staff, and ensuring high-quality food preparation, safety, and adherence to policies.

This on-site role leads in the director's absence, trains staff, assists with inventory and budgeting, coordinates events, and provides hands-on cooking and plating support while maintaining log compliance and cost controls.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1–3 years of similar experience required.
• Experience working with elders and/or in the food service or customer service industry preferred.
• Culinary education or training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Culinary Department in the Director's absence.
• Assist managing day-to-day operations in the Culinary Department.
• Assist other cooks with preparing and plating food.
• Lead in training and mentoring staff.
• Assemble dishes and plate food according to recipe format.
• Order, receive, and store food and supplies; manage stock levels.
• Maintain safety, sanitation, and storage standards.
• Lead catering and coordinate with events.
• Ensure all products and linens are ready for events.
• Maintain daily logs and contribute to budgeting proforma.
• Assist in end-of-month inventory and invoicing.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Food safety

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Culinary education or training

Job description

Status: Full-time

This position is on site.

Cedar Sinai Park is looking for an Sous Chef.

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Summary

Assists the Director of Culinary Services with overseeing all the Rose Schnitzer Manor kitchen operations. Provides leadership and direction to culinary staff, including Senior Chefs, ensuring quality food preparation, efficient resource management, and adherence to food safety standards and organizational policies.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Serves as the lead Chef in the Culinary Department in the absence of Director of Culinary Services.
• Assists managing day to day operations as needed or assigned in the Culinary Department at Rose Schnitzer Manor. Serves as a point of contact for kitchen staff as needed.
• Assists other cooks with preparing and plating food, including cutting, marinating, and precooking food.
• Leads in training and mentoring as needed and requested by the manager. Regularly assists with training of new hires.
• Assembles dishes and plates food according to recipe format and in an attractive manner.
• Orders, receives, and stores a variety of food and non-food supplies. Establishes reorder points, determines stock levels and adjusts as needed.
• Maintains safety, sanitation and storage requirements/regulations in storerooms, walk-in coolers, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Takes a lead role in catering and communicates with Dining Room Supervisor and Culinary Assistant on all events.
• Ensures all product: food, linen, tableware and utensils are ready for all events.
• Ensures all daily logs are filled out completely and accurately.
• Has a clear understanding of both Meat and Dairy menus and work stations and able to support staff members when needed.
• Assists in end of month inventory.
• Will be an active participant in the proforma process for budgeting.
• Assist in coding of invoices and the financial spend down process.
• Serves as a line cook or prep cook as needed on a regular basis.

Key Skills and Competencies

Customer/Client Focus. Ethical Conduct. High standards for quality and customer service. Positive and Constructive Attitude. Attention to detail. Ability to effectively communicate with geriatric and/or confused residents and a variety of other people such as family members, visitors, vendors, Private Duty Residents, and staff. Ability to work effectively as part of a team. Strong leadership and communication skills. Ability to work well under pressure. Flexibility and willingness to assist with the day-to-day needs of the Culinary Department.

Qualifications include but not limited to:

High school diploma or equivalent required. 1–3 years of similar experience required. Experience working with elders and/or in the food service or customer service industry preferred. Culinary education or training preferred.

Must possess or be able to obtain a valid Food Handler's Permit within 30 days of employment. Alcohol Server Permit required where applicable by state law.

This is a special place. Cedar Sinai Park is a Portland based non-profit that provides residential and community-based care to our elders and adults with special needs allowing them to live with comfort, independence and dignity in a manner and environment based on Jewish values. We have a person-centered approach to care at the heart of our mission which empowers both residents and staff to be their best. The scenic Cedar Sinai Campus known for its lush green trees, walking trails and historic significance and connection to the local community.

We care about people. In addition to great working conditions and our friendly staff and residents, Cedar Sinai Park offers opportunities for fulfilling work, career growth and the satisfaction of knowing that you’ve made a difference. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including a 403b matching retirement plan, flexible spending account and employer long-term disability benefit. All benefited employees are eligible to receive paid holidays, medical, dental and vision benefits. Each employee is entitled to one free meal each shift that they work.

Love, Honor Respect. Cedar Sinai Park is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, gender identification, age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, uniformed services status, or any other state or federally protected classifications. No application will be rejected as a result of a disability that, with reasonable accommodation, does not prevent performance of the essential job duties. Please see job description for full list of responsibilities, requirements and related information.

Our motto is Love, Honor, Respect. We're a special team, with big hearts and high standards. If you are someone who will love, honor and respect our residents and fellow employees as much as we do, please apply to be part of the CSP work family.

Additional Information about Cedar Sinai Park:

• Safety is our #1 priority.
• We have stringent infection control procedures in place.
• Beautiful 27-acre campus with free parking for employees.
• We have a great culture of love-honor-respect, teamwork, and wonderful residents!
• Every employee receives a free meal on each shift worked!
• Great benefits! Health (low/high deductibles), dental, life, LTD, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) Retirement with an employer matching contribution:
• Kaiser health insurance
• Benefits are effective on the 1st of the month after 30 days of employment.
• At no cost to employee:
• Long-term disability, life, Employee Assistance Program.
• 10 days of paid vacation accrued during the first year, which increases over time worked.
• 6 paid holidays plus 3 floating holidays.
• Employee Referral Bonus.
• Shoes for Crews allowance for culinary staff.
• Tri-Met bus passes are deducted from employee pay on a pre-tax basis (upon request).
• Free flu vaccine.