Traveling Chef Manager — All Expenses Paid

Waters of Wakarusa; Wakarusa (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters of Wakarusa is seeking a Traveling Chef Manager to lead kitchen operations across multiple healthcare and senior living communities in Indiana. You will provide hands-on culinary leadership, support local kitchen teams, and ensure consistent, nutritious dining experiences while upholding safety and quality standards.

As a Traveling Chef Manager, you will travel between assigned facilities, execute menus, train staff, and ensure compliance with food safety and healthcare dining

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Staff training

Food safety

Hospitality service

Menu execution

Education

High school education or equivalent

ServSafe certification

Certified Dietary Manager

Job description

Waters of Wakarusa is seeking a Traveling Chef Manager to lead kitchen operations across multiple healthcare and senior living communities in Indiana. You will provide hands-on culinary leadership, support local kitchen teams, and ensure consistent, nutritious dining experiences while upholding safety and quality standards.

As a Traveling Chef Manager, you will travel between assigned facilities, execute menus, train staff, and ensure compliance with food safety and healthcare dining