Kitchen Manager/Chef - The Lodge at Historic Lewes

The Lodge at Historic Lewes

The Lodge at Historic is looking to hire the best and the brightest to be a part of our team. When you can choose anywhere to work, we’re excited you’re considering joining our family.

The Perks of Working with Us

• Competitive pay plus comprehensive benefits almost immediately
• Generous PTO package, including your birthday as a paid holiday!
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Telehealth and Pharmacy
• 401k with company contribution
• Employee assistance program available to all staff

Interested in learning more? Great!
This position is responsible for preparing food that meets or exceeds hospitality and service standards of the community; preparing all foods to meet quantity and deadline requirements.

General Day to Day Responsibilities Will Include…

• Leads culinary department by communicating expectations of cleanliness, training of food preparation, and organizing kitchen to meet goals of department and building.
• Hires or assists with hiring of kitchen team members and orientates and trains new kitchen employees.
• Makes decision in the absence of Culinary Director, provides direction to all culinary team members and communicates concerns to the Culinary Services Director.
• Prepares specials and events to enhance resident dining experience and overseas daily production of community events.
• Prepares food items using recipes in a timely manner.
• Assists with setting department goals and participates in constant quality improvements.
• Determines food and supplies needed, food order/inventory and coordinates meal production with serving hours.
• Maintains food safety equipment records, food safety temperature records and assists with proper documentation of temperature logs and cleaning schedules.
• Monitors all food items to see that at least the minimum guidelines for temperature, taste, and quality are upheld at-all-times.
• Ensures the proper preparation, portioning, and serving of foods as indicated on the menu cycle and recipes; tastes and prepares food to determine quality.
• Maintains or exceeds standards of appearance, cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards.
• Practices all safety and loss prevention procedures, oversees food storage; checks labels and dates.
• Completes cleaning duties.
• Follows all local, state, and federal policies regarding food handling.
• Manages daily line setup, organization and monitoring.
• Interacts with residents during meal times to monitor resident satisfaction.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

The Right Candidate Should Have…

• • One (1) year job related experience including food preparation, full-line menu items and therapeutic diets.
  • Culinary apprenticeship or training preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively speaking the primary language of the residents.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Must demonstrate an interest in working with a senior population.
  • Interacts with guests, residents and staff in a courteous and friendly manner.
  • Ability to respond promptly to resident needs.
  • Balances team and individual responsibilities.
  • Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities.
  • Must demonstrate good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.
  • Competent in organizational, time management skills.

If you want to experience what it’s like to work in an environment that rejects punitive leadership, that embraces mistakes as growth opportunities, that thrives on working within a culturally diverse environment, that encourages diverging viewpoints as a way to collaborate towards the best outcome, that has an unreasonable amount of fun, that is steadfastly loyal to our loyal team members, It just so happens we are looking for someone just like you.

Our community’s philosophy is our commitment to non-discriminatory practices for our residents, staff, and business partners. Through our cultural awareness, we celebrate the diversity of residents and staff by supporting various celebrations, history, and means of acknowledgement of all cultures we served.