Executive Chef

WHO ARE WE?

Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work! South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida’s best kept secrets! You’ll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact on our residents’ lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation’s leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square. 

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Executive Chef is responsible for the overall coordination of food preparation, cooking and baking activities, dietary standards, the quality and nutritional value of foods prepared and maintaining a positive, courteous work environment for staff and residents.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of an Executive Chef:

• Supervises kitchen personnel on all shifts, staffing, scheduling, counseling, orientation, and evaluation of kitchen staff. Selects, trains, evaluates, and recommends/carries out discipline to all kitchen personnel.
• Develops menus and assures implementation of these menus. Maintains a high-quality food service program for the residents and Health Center dining rooms.
• Ensures that the Food and Beverage department meets all standards in accordance with State and Federal Health Survey processes. Ensures F & B personnel are trained in and carry out efforts in this process.
• Assures staff education is provided to kitchen employees in accordance with the staff education program. Provides on-the-job training for food preparation and kitchen employees.
• Ensures all policies and procedures are followed in accordance with safe work practices, including but not limited to MSDS information, infection control, universal precautions, and the Disaster Plan Manual.
• Develops work assignments for all kitchen personnel, assigning special jobs and spot-checking work to ensure standards are met.
• Promotes teamwork within the department and between department to ensure smooth operations and quality service to residents, co-workers, and guests.
• Supervises production, sanitation and food service to apartment residents and Health Center residents. Ensures that all food production, storage, and service areas are maintained in accordance with all local, federal, and state regulations.
• Maintains essential records including menus served, number of meals served, requisitions for raw food products plus other appropriate reports, schedules, studies, etc.
• Responsible for vendor selection, maintaining vendor relationships, inventory controls and maintaining minimum/maximum par levels.
• Monitors temperature of meals.
• Assists in the development and implementation of standardized recipes and menu specifications.

Other Duties:

• Responsible for cost control measures.
• Participate/cook on the line as needed.
• Inspects equipment to determine repairs or maintenance needs.
• Maintains acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with department dress code.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• A minimum of five years’ experience as an executive chef or sous chef in a hotel, 
• restaurant, club, or other similar institution.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, solid mathematical background and an understanding of measurements and conversions.
• Post Secondary Courses in Restaurant Management Nutrition or related field. Degree or Certificate from a culinary institute preferred.
• Must be ServSafe® Certified.

What We Offer:

• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay! South Port Square now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on demand, as it's earned.
• Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
• One free meal a day! 
• Fun, caring, inclusive work environment!

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu, and COVID-19 vaccine status. 

Full-Time

Salary: From $75,000 per year

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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