Sous Chef

Job Description

Be part of something special.

If you enjoy working with older adults, caring for and talking with them, learning from their stories and seeing them smile, this is the job of a lifetime. At Freedom Pointe at The Villages, you can jump-start a senior living career or build the one you have. You’ll grow, advance, and gain knowledge in senior services — one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.

Our community is a wonderful place to work. We’re located in the heart of The Villages®, FL, one of Florida’s friendliest hometowns. There’s easy access to our community via Route 441 or Morse Boulevard.

We offer jobs at all levels and for all types of skills and expertise. You’ll join a team that’s passionate about working with seniors. We work hard to deliver the very best resident-centered care and high-quality hospitality through our Extraordinary Impressions program. With integrity and a solid work ethic, you can create a long, satisfying and fruitful senior living career at Freedom Pointe at The Villages.

Why you will love working at Freedom Pointe at the Villages

• We provide a fun workplace culture – including monthly luncheons and campus-wide events
• We have good staffing ratios
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays for Full Time Staff
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Paid Training
• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! Freedom Pointe at the Villages now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it's earned.
• Benefits for Full and Part time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
  
  

We are looking for energetic individuals who enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-focused environment. As a nurse at Freedom Pointe at the Villages, you are held to a high standard. Our team members provide extraordinary care and hold each other accountable. If this sounds like a good fit, we'd love to hear from you!

The Sous Chef is responsible for the proper preparation of the planned menu in the absence of the Executive Chef and assists in the supervision of all kitchen employees.

Essential Job Duties

• Clarifies and organizes all evening paperwork and posts next day’s production schedule.
• Assists the kitchen staff in all aspects of daily assignments, as required.
• Informs the Executive Chef of all activities and operational problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.
• Assists in daily shift change walk-throughs of kitchen staff.
• Ensures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentation standards, is a quality product and is properly portioned.
• Responsible for the direction of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef.
• Assists in creating, planning, costing and executing menus, theme buffets, specials and holiday menus.
• Assists with food orders, production sheets and related material.
• Assists the chef in executing all catered and special functions.
  
  

Other Duties

• Assists in maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction for our residents and their guests.
• Maintains appearance, cleanliness and service of facility at or above Health Department standards through routine, daily cleaning procedures.
• Assists in maintaining daily, weekly and monthly statistical information as required.
• Uses time, material and equipment properly to eliminate waste and unnecessary expense.
• Maintains good working relations with employees; illustrates leadership to promote unity of effort, group pride, harmony and teamwork.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
• Two to three years experience in a hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining preferred.
• Culinary education and supervisory background desirable.
• Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards.
• Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of nutrition and diet. Health Care experience desirable.
  
  

The pay rate for this position is $20.00 an hour. **Actual salary may fall outside of the posted salary range as it is dependent on skills and experience.

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status.

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