Executive Sous Chef - Full-Time

Executive Sous Chef

At Cedarbrook Senior Living, we work hard every day to find out what "Celebrating Life Every Day!" means to our residents and their families, then we help them achieve these goals. We are seeking a dynamic Executive Sous Chef for our Bloomfield Hills community.

Responsibilities:

• Assists with developing and executing menus, recipe or menu changes.
• Provides guidance and training to team members, including, but not limited, to line cooking, food preparation, plate presentation and service.
• Oversees and organizes kitchen stock and ingredients. Ensures a first-in, first-out food rotation system and verifies all food products are properly dated and organized for quality assurance.
• Keeps cooking stations stocked, uses a batch cooking method for all food items with documented time/temperature logs.
• Hires and trains new kitchen team members to ensure local and state regulations are met. Ensures proper coverage of all positions within the kitchen.
• Assists with managing food and product ordering by keeping detailed records and minimizes waste, plus works with existing systems to improve waste reduction and manage budgetary concerns.
• Safeguards all food preparation team members to ensure safety, sanitation and accident prevention principles are being used.
• Assist with interviewing, selecting, training, supervising, counseling and disciplining kitchen team members.
• Flexible schedule required as the role requires opening and closing responsibilities.
• Holidays and weekends required.

Education/Experience:

• Associates degree in Culinary Arts or Food Service Management from four-year college, university or trade school; or four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in the capacity of a Sous Chef, Baker, Kitchen Manager and/or large scale catering production.
• Senior Living or Healthcare experience preferred.
• Fine dining and cook to order experience required

Benefits:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Paid Time Off, Earned Sick Time, etc.