Travel Cook Manager -

Infinity Healthcare Consulting; Peru (IN); Presencial; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Infinity Healthcare Consulting seeks a Traveling Chef Manager to lead kitchen operations across multiple healthcare communities. You will coach Executive Chefs and dining teams, ensure consistent quality, safety, and resident-focused service while travel between facilities.

Responsibilities include menu execution, dietary compliance, training, inventory control, and collaborating with community leadership to deliver nutritious, appealing meals and a hospitality-driven dining experience for

Qualificações

• Must possess at least a high school education or equivalent.
• Two years dietary experience.
• Experience with senior adults or healthcare populations.
• Must be able to cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
• ServSafe certification or equivalent food-safety credential.
• Certified Dietary Manager (strongly preferred).
• Experience managing multiple culinary locations or traveling to cook.
• Experience with inventory, purchasing, and menu management is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Provide leadership, coaching, and operational guidance to Executive Chefs, Kitchen Managers, cooks, and dining-service teams.
• Maintain consistent culinary standards, procedures, recipes, presentation, and service expectations across all locations.
• Support new community openings, leadership transitions, staffing shortages, and operational turnarounds as needed.
• Food Quality & Resident Experience to ensure meals are consistently appealing, flavorful, nutritious, properly portioned, and served at the appropriate temperature.
• Support menus designed to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of senior and healthcare residents.
• Ensure appropriate preparation and service of modified diets, therapeutic diets, texture-modified foods, and allergen-sensitive meals.
• Promote a hospitality-focused dining experience that respects resident preferences, dignity, and choice.
• Monitor resident feedback and partner with community leadership to address dining concerns.
• Conduct hands-on training and cooking alongside kitchen staff. Training staff on cooking techniques, food prep, sanitation, portion control, menu execution and kitchen organization.
• Reinforce company policies, performance expectations, and professional standards.
• Monitor inventory, purchasing, waste, portion control, and product utilization.
• Help standardize ordering practices and vendor/product specifications across assigned locations.
• Identify opportunities to reduce food waste and improve kitchen productivity without compromising quality.
• Maintain high standards for food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, and kitchen cleanliness.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local health regulations and healthcare/community policies.
• Monitor proper food storage, temperature control, labeling, dating, allergen management, and sanitation procedures.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Culinary leadership

Team coaching

Food safety

Menu execution

Formação académica

High school education or equivalent

ServSafe certification or equivalent

Certified Dietary Manager

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Now Hiring - Traveling Cook Manager - All travel expenses covered!

Take your culinary leadership on the road while making a meaningful impact across multiple healthcare communities. As a Traveling Chef Manager, you'll lead kitchen operations, support dedicated teams, ensure quality dining experiences, and enjoy variety in a rewarding, mission-driven career.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Traveling Chef Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing culinary operations across multiple healthcare and assisted living communities. This position provides hands‑on culinary leadership, supports local kitchen management teams, ensures consistent food quality and service standards, and promotes a safe, nutritious, and resident-focused dining experience.

As a Traveling Cook Manager you will travel between assigned facilities to provide operational support, cook and assist with menu execution, and ensure compliance with applicable food safety, sanitation, healthcare dining, and company standards.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide leadership, coaching, and operational guidance to Executive Chefs, Kitchen Managers, cooks, and dining-service teams.
• Maintain consistent culinary standards, procedures, recipes, presentation, and service expectations across all locations.
• Support new community openings, leadership transitions, staffing shortages, and operational turnarounds as needed.
• Food Quality & Resident Experience to ensure meals are consistently appealing, flavorful, nutritious, properly portioned, and served at the appropriate temperature.
• Support menus designed to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of senior and healthcare residents.
• Ensure appropriate preparation and service of modified diets, therapeutic diets, texture-modified foods, and allergen-sensitive meals.
• Promote a hospitality-focused dining experience that respects resident preferences, dignity, and choice.
• Monitor resident feedback and partner with community leadership to address dining concerns.
• Conduct hands‑on training and cooking alongside kitchen staff. Training staff on cooking techniques, food prep, sanitation, portion control, menu execution and kitchen organization.
• Reinforce company policies, performance expectations, and professional standards.
• Monitor inventory, purchasing, waste, portion control, and product utilization.
• Help standardize ordering practices and vendor/product specifications across assigned locations.
• Identify opportunities to reduce food waste and improve kitchen productivity without compromising quality.
• Maintain high standards for food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, and kitchen cleanliness.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local health regulations and healthcare/community policies.
• Monitor proper food storage, temperature control, labeling, dating, allergen management, and sanitation procedures.

Education/Experience

• Must possess, at least a high school education or equivalent
• Two (2) years dietary experience
• Experience working with senior adults or healthcare populations.
• Must be able to cook a variety of foods in large quantities
• ServSafe certification or equivalent food-safety credential.
• Certified Dietary Manager (strongly preferred)
• Experience managing multiple culinary locations or traveling to cook.
• Experience with inventory, purchasing, and menu management is a plus.

Our Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, this company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training