Culinary Services Director

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Job Title: Culinary Services Director Location: Darien,

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→Is responsible for the overall financial and operational responsibility for dining room service and culinary operations
→Creates and plans weekly menus within the community
→Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local sanitation regulations.
→Maintains cleanliness of all work areas
→Conducts routine safety inspections of dining room, food storage areas, chemical storage areas, and food receiving area. Communicates “action items” to Environmental Services Director and Executive Director
→Demonstrates attention to detail with regard to food quality, presentation, and dining room environmental standards.
→Develops and maintains quality, objective, and standards
→Meets with dining staff bi-monthly and reports minutes and action items to the Executive Director
→Develops and maintains a good working relationship with administration and inter-department personnel, as well as other communities to assure that the services offered can be properly maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
→Prepares all monthly food service reports
→Maintains food and supply expenses to budget or forecast
→Places orders for food and supplies through authorized vendors
→Completes physical food inventories
→Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates, and directs the operations in food and beverage services
→Makes written and oral reports/recommendations to the Executive Director concerning the operations of the food service departments in the communities.
→Maintains daily log of freezer, refrigeration, hot and cold food holding temperatures
→Assures that the communities maintain a clean and safe manner assuring that food service safety and sanitation are maintained to perform services
→Supports the community and regional cluster sales efforts with marketing events, programs, etc. Provides support during sales/site visits
→Other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate

→Manages the departmental staffing and labor costs, including overtime
→Recruits and evaluates all culinary services staff
→Assures dining associates are performing job specific responsibilities • Responsible for overseeing culinary services calendar

Follows emergency procedures
Understands the safety practices and procedures.

Possess a sincere passion for working with our senior population
Creative, energetic, enthusiastic, patient, flexible, encouraging, and team oriented.
Able to effectively manage dining room associates
Displays patience, tact, enthusiasm and a cheerful disposition
Promote Maplewood in a positive manner and effectively communicate the organizations values to residents, visitors, co-workers and the community

Degree in Culinary Arts preferred
3 to 5 years previous experience in food production/management
Must have a Serve Safe certification or become certified within 90 days of hire date
Must have basic knowledge of food preparation procedures, proper dining room service etiquette as well as related Health Department regulations and guidelines pertaining to food service operations

Competitive wages
Flexible shifts
Growth opportunities
Bonus & incentive programs
Competitive Benefits Package: including medical, dental, vision, 401K match, company paid time-off, life insurance policy, insurance deductibles and voluntary Aflac insurance for our full-time employees.