Dining Services Director
Navion Senior Living
full-time
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Location: North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities
- Modify menus or create new ones that meet quality standards
- Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs
- Supervise kitchen staff’s activities
- Recruit and manage kitchen team members
- Rectify arising problems or complaints
- Give prepared plates the “final touch”
- Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
- Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and residents
- Maintain all aspects of the kitchen (kitchen management and oversight)
Requirements
- BS degree in Culinary science or related certificate preferred
- Keep up with cooking trends and best practices
- Communication and leadership skills
- Maintains a current ServSafe certificate or able to participate in food services sanitation training to become ServSafe certified
- Ability to handle multiple priorities; written and verbal communication skills; organizational and time management skills; good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to serve seniors in a team environment
- Past food service leadership experience including food preparation, full-line menu items and therapeutic diets
- Requires every other weekend & Holidays