Chef De Cuisine

Kisco Senior Living•Denver, CO

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Chef de Cuisine supervises the preparation of all meals for residents, guests, and associates. This position is an integral part of the heart of house, working side by side with culinarians to ensure the highest quality of seasonally prepared meals is served daily through various venues while maintaining excellent sanitation and cleanliness. Responsibilities include instructing and educating culinary associates, managing and improving resident and family satisfaction, creating seasonal menus in collaboration with the Culinary Services Director, mentoring dining associates, performing daily quality assurance testing on raw goods, plated foods, and prepared meals, and maintaining excellent sanitation and cleanliness.

Requirements

A passion for excellence
Be a great team player
Be a progressive and creative thinker
Have a culinary certification
A minimum of five years professional culinary experience in quantity food production, menu writing and kitchen management
A current Food Handler’s Certificate is required

Responsibilities

Instruct and educate culinary associates in diverse cuisines and new cooking equipment
Manage and improve resident and family satisfaction and loyalty using a variety of listening and learning methods, process improvement, and the anticipation of and responsiveness to needs and concerns
Create exciting seasonal menu(s) in collaboration with the Culinary Services Director
Mentor and grow dining associates
Perform daily quality assurance testing on raw goods, plated foods and prepared meals
Maintain excellent sanitation and cleanliness