Executive Chef

Amavida is an award-winning, 32-acre, resort-style senior living community adjacent to the prestigious 279-acre regional Lakes Park in Fort Myers, Florida, offering our residents peace of mind, by design. Our residents choose from maintenance-free villas, apartments and suites. They indulge in exceptional amenities, including a variety of pools, restaurants, lounges, and outdoor dining areas; pickleball and tennis courts; art studio; library; theater; and more. We offer Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care, our residents live with calm confidence, knowing that if healthcare needs change, support is right at home.    When you work at Amavida, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!   Amavida is recruiting for a hospitality focused Executive Chef to join our team! 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: 

• 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 resident dining rooms.
• Ensures that the Food and Beverage department meets all standards in accordance with State and Federal Health Survey process. Ensures F & B personnel is 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.
• Develops work assignments for all kitchen personnel, assigning special jobs and spot checking work to insure standards are met.
• Promotes team work within the department and between department to ensure smooth operations and quality service to resident, co-workers and guests.
• Supervises production, sanitation and food service to apartment 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.

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.
• Senior living community experience preferred.

Rate of Pay: Starting at $85,000 based on experience

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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