Executive Chef

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Pinnacle Senior Living Full time

**Full Job Description**

Come join us and help make a difference in the lives of seniors. Our primary goal is to help each person, have a great day, every day Our employees thrive on collaboration and have a passion for excellence. As part of our team, the things you do are key to helping us achieve our shared vision of helping seniors live longer and better. Want to join us?

**ACCOUNTABILITY OBJECTIVE**

Provides leadership and direction to the culinary team to ensure the highest standards of food production, quality, taste, presentation and hygiene within the home. Your goal will be to maximize colleague collaboration, Resident satisfaction and to ensure the resident experience is that of a 5 star culinary experience.

**BACKGROUND/QUALIFICATIONS**

The following is considered mandatory for this position:

- Drives results - has passion for food and strives to exceed expectations for culinary excellence with demonstrated understanding of fine dining, dining for seniors.
- Hands-on and is actively engaged in the running of the kitchens
- Used to working in a luxury Retirement Community
- Resident service - people oriented with ability to put residents’ needs first
- Detail oriented - strong organization skills, ability to prioritize workload, multi-task in a calm manner, with exceptional attention to detail
- Highly motivated - self-starter, self motivated with high levels of initiative and ability to motivate others through personal presence and personable, professional demeanor
- Communication - excellent communication skills, 100% fluent in English with added ability to be an effective role model in culinary standards of conduct and grooming
- Creativity, decision making and problem solving - responds promptly and reasonably when making decisions, ultimately ensuring successful problem resolution, seeks creative solutions to deliver high culinary standards
- Safety Focus - demonstrates safe work practices and looks for ways to minimize culinary injuries
- Exceptional leadership - inspires employee commitment, loyalty and motivation through progressive workplace practices that foster teamwork, open communication, safety, respect, sincerity, helpfulness, courtesy and humility
- Coaches and mentors - fosters a climate of continuous learning, growth and improvement, with a strong commitment to the career development of others
- Emotional maturity - internally proud, outwardly gracious and humble with demonstrated ability to maintain professional composure under pressure
- Ethical conduct and responsibility - sets a positive example and fulfills responsibilities with the highest integrity, ethics and professionalism.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Inspire a high level of creativity, personal commitment to service excellence and an emotional sense of gracious hospitality.
- Be passionate about food trends and creativity, current on industry practices, provide creative input to food strategies..
- Participate in recruitment, manage Colleagues and effectively coach, train, motivate, communicate, recognize, schedule, provide performance feedback, maintain high levels of team spirit and conduct performance correction, if required.
- Manage the day-to-day culinary operation through hands-on personal involvement.
- Effectively manage labor and food costs to budget.
- Ensure cleanliness of all kitchen and prep areas, personal hygiene standards for all food handlers and monthly Hygiene Audits.
- Monitor exhaust hoods, stoves, ovens, salamanders, deep freezers, steamers, filters, boiling pans, bain-marie, hot and cold cabinets etc. and ensure they are spotless and cleaned daily.
- Inspect for cleanliness, maintenance, presentation, and safety of the kitchen and ensure areas of deficiency are resolved to achieve service expectations.
- Participate in communication efforts within the department, ensuring effective communication amongst Colleagues.
- Monitor portion control, food quality, inventory, proper food storage, food freshness, departmental recycling and culinary labor costs.
- Verify that received goods are held to strict standards
- Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. This will include recognizing health and safety hazards, reporting incidents, fulfilling responsibilities under the applicable legislation, as well as participating in in-services and fire drills.
- Complies with all corporate policies and procedures.
- Completes all required mandatory training/education.

**Salary**: $65,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ottawa, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 2023-02-06

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