Location:
Saratoga Retirement Community
14500 Fruitvale Ave Building 3000
Saratoga CA 95070
Join Our Upscale Retirement Community in Saratoga!
Become a valued part of our vibrant, 5-star, 94-bed Skilled Nursing Facility at Saratoga Retirement Community . We are currently seeking dedicated and compassionate team members to join our supportive and dynamic community!
At Saratoga Retirement Community , we prioritize the well-being of both our residents and staff. We foster a culture of compassion, professional growth, and mutual respect—because when you thrive, so do those in your care!
Salary Range: $82,000–$92,000 annually / DOE
Department: Dining Services
Reports To: Executive Chef
Employment Type: Full-time
What you'll do:
As a top-level member of the culinary leadership team, you will help drive success in Dining Services by continually developing, mentoring, and holding accountable the frontline back-of-house team in accordance with their job descriptions, your sense of ownership, striving for excellence, and your expectations/vision as a leader of the department. In conjunction with the Transforming Age (TA) Core Values you will build positive, genuine, and transparent relationships with the residents of your community.
Be responsible for Food preparation and presentation, food quality control, food safety/sanitation within all kitchens and food preparation/service areas throughout your community, while adhering to and ensuring adherence to all Dining Services policies and procedures.
Our Chef De Cuisine:
Adheres to the annual budget for both operating expenses and revenues pertaining to your department and area of purview.
Attends all resident and team meetings and/or events requiring your presence.|Be knowledgeable of emergency procedures and act in a calm manner in the event of an emergency.|Build relationships with both team members and residents by empathizing and assuming positive intent; through care and compassion, communicate genuinely and transparently - striving to win people over.|Conduct daily pre-service huddles for all assigned meal periods, to include training and motivational/positive talking points.|Create and document all recipes per state and federal regulations and ensure recipes are consistently followed. Ensure menus represent a balance of traditional cuisine, healthy options—including some local, organic and sustainable products, as well as other preferences expressed by residents, such as plant-based, gluten-free and heart-healthy needs.|Embrace the notion that you are employed with the purpose of offering your residents an inviting experience that is happening for them, not a service that is happening to them. Instill this principle into the minds of your team members.|Embrace your role as a personal investment in serving and engage with your team members and residents, as if the business is your own.
Ensures that all fixtures and equipment throughout all kitchens (and any other areas where food is prepared, stored, and/or served) are cleaned regularly, maintained, and in good repair.
Ensures that all menu items served to residents, guests and team members are tasted and evaluated by a member of the culinary leadership team prior to service. Ensure each culinary production team member tastes every item prior to service for quality, proper seasoning and consistency.
Ensures that all standardized food safety and sanitation best practices are in place at all times, including but not limited to the utilization/accuracy of proper food storage, rotation, labeling, and dating, federally regulated temperature and sanitation logs, and productions logs.
Generates the seasonal menu cycle, daily menus, catering menus, specials, and health care menus with adherence to regulatory requirements, MealTracker requirements, resident preference, and budgetary constraints.
Maintains a strong leadership presence throughout all kitchen areas at all times, including all healthcare kitchens.
Maintains optimal results…