Executive Chef Lead

We are seeking a skilled Sous Chef to join our team at Holiday by Atria. This is an excellent opportunity for a culinary professional to work in a supportive environment, providing a healthy work-life balance.

The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing nutritious, appetizing, and attractive meals for our residents, ensuring a smooth, efficient, and safe operation of the kitchen.

• Review menus and food-production instructions and prepare meals following holiday menus and recipes while ensuring portion-control standards.
• Oversee preparation and set-up of service to serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner.
• Follow food-safe handling procedures in preparation as well as proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food.
• Accurately complete logs in a timely manner i.e., refrigerator, freezer, and production sheets.
• Follow holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts.

In absence of the Executive Chef, oversee the food service staff and overall kitchen operations.

Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-compliant issues as needed.

Perform administrative duties including menu planning, ordering, receiving, invoice processing, inventory, end-of-month report, staffing, and payroll if needed.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking.
• Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills.
• Experience mentoring and directing others.
• Ability to prepare and follow recipes.
• General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food-handling practices.
• Basic computer skills.

We offer a competitive salary range of $60,000 - $80,000 per year, depending on experience, plus benefits including paid holidays and PTO, community employees may receive annual anniversary rewards dependent on classification, employees may be eligible to receive an Annual Scores Reward of $500 (Full Time) or $250 (Part Time) based on community survey results, benefits package also includes Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Retirement Savings Plan / 401(k) employer match, tuition reimbursement (U.S Based Communities).

As a valued team member at Holiday by Atria, you'll work in a supportive environment that provides advancement opportunities and promotes a healthy work-life balance.