Mt. Bachelor Assisted Living/Memory Care, a Brightwater senior living community, is seeking a knowledgeable Chef with experience. We are proud to offer the highest quality engagement, dining, and health support services, and a team that truly cares for our residents. We are always looking for compassionate, teamwork-oriented professionals to join our team. Every team member in a Brightwater community embodies the mission of our company: to inspire hope and enhance the lives of our residents through the creation of an unparalleled experience.

Position Summary: Demonstrate leadership and managerial skills. Assure optimal nutritional value, exceptional taste, and outstanding presentation of all meals served at the community; proper food inventory; clean and sanitary kitchen. Assure adherence to Dining Services Department budget.

If you are an experienced Chef looking for a meaningful role with purpose and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of seniors, then we want to hear from you.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain resident, employee, and community information in strict confidence (with community management or other employees as necessary).
• Assure adherence to highest food related safety and sanitation standards and procedures.
• Assure residents are served nutritious, appetizing, and attractive meals three time daily, seven days per week according to Brightwater menus and recipes as well as physician orders for diet, diet texture, and liquid thickness.
• Assure availability of nutritious, appetizing, and attractive snack 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
• Monitor and schedule cleaning and maintenance routines for all food service areas and kitchen equipment to maintain highest safety and sanitation standards.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities for kitchen staff, including but not limited to:
• Assure a stable kitchen staff of optimum quality and quantity by recruiting, hiring, evaluating, counseling, and if necessary, terminating employees;
• Complete and maintain schedule for kitchen personnel;
• Supervise and instruct Line and Prep Cooks to set and enforce performance standards;
• Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel in order to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation;
• Train kitchen personnel and assure adherence to sanitation controls, cleaning and maintenance routines, stock rotation, safety, lifting and carrying, hazardous material handling, and first aid;
• Employ skills and imagination in creating enjoyable mealtimes for residents through outstanding plate presentation, display cooking and Tasters program, and using leftovers in a time-safe and creative manner.
• Plan all food preparation according to Brightwater menus and recipes, exercising judgment in monitoring weekly and extended menus and food production worksheets.
• Assist in research, ordering and completion of purchase orders for equipment and supplies for replacement equipment and future dining outlets.
• Assist in planning menus for special events.
• Assist Dining Services Manager in the creation and implementation of strategic plans for dining department to promote growth.
• Operate the Kitchen within the food and labor budget through careful planning and purchasing of food, inventory control, maintenance of records, and food costs computation forms.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation and submission of reports and invoices regarding the budget, inventory, and other dining services as required.
• Participate in Guest Chef Program.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Have a Culinary Arts degree and two years’ experience in direct food preparation and presentation or five year’s high-volume cooking and fine dining experience or equivalent experience.
• Have two years’ relevant management experience.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical functions (e.g., probability, predictability, deductions, fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions) to order supplies, convert recipes, etc.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Must be certified in ServSafe Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) or Food Safe or obtain certification within thirty (30) days of hire date.
• Meet state or provincial health related requirements.
• Maintain current food handlers permit as required by state or provincial regulations.
• Maintain any certifications as required by state or provincial regulations.

About us
Brightwater Senior Living Group is a management company that oversees senior living communities across North America. At Brightwater, our goal is to lead the way in innovation for tomorrow to enrich the lives of seniors today by providing seniors and families with hospitality and healthcare experiences that are unrivaled.

Why we do what we do
We know that the most important moments in our residents’ lives are the ones that make them feel at home. We continue to create services and amenities designed to help seniors’ live life THEIR way, and never ask them to change who they are to fit into our communities. We design spaces that adapt to their lives, their needs, and their choices.

What we value
Everything our team members do, everything our team members say, and the way our team members act is a direct reflection of the Brightwater brand. We know how important it is to show admiration, have integrity, and work as a team to strive for both excellence and innovation. We expect our team members to take ownership of their role and show stewardship in the way they manage human, material and fiscal resources that have been entrusted to our care. We also encourage the complete well-being of our team members by valuing the time required for regeneration and rejuvenation.

Our communication philosophy
We pride ourselves on creating an environment that facilitates open and transparent communication with our team members, our residents and our families. Our team is available to listen, support and serve the needs of all team members through direct and ongoing dialogue, and we believe that this respectful, open-minded dialogue makes us stronger in what we do and how we do it. We make every effort to ensure team member’s suggestions, ideas, opinions, and concerns are heard, and we reward team members for creation of ideas that improve any aspect of our community.

Brightwater Senior Living is an equal-opportunity employer and strives to provide an environment in which human dignity prevails. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, perceived race, color, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, creed, religion, age, marital status, family/parental status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, receipt of public assistance, status as a veteran or current or future military status. Brightwater Senior Living does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.