UnidinePosition Title EXECUTIVE CHEF - Lititz PSalary: $75,000 - $80,000 Other Forms of Compensation Merit increases
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An industry leading hospitality food service group Unidine is driven by its exceptional people sharing their passion, creativity, and talent to craft memorable guest experiences. Unidines commitment to scratch cooking, innovative programs, venue concepts, and services continues to push boundaries and modernize dining programs for hundreds of clients around the nation.
Our restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and bistros offer a place for guests to enjoy something extraordinary. That is why we believe that using the freshest ingredients makes for the best dishes, staying ahead of industry trends pushes us to be innovative, and giving team members the right tools and resources helps them to perform their best. Come and join our award-winning team
This Executive Chef opportunity is based at Landis Homes, a premier Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located on a beautiful 114-acre campus in Lititz, PA. Landis Homes is a mission-driven non-profit faith-based community known for its strong culture, long-tenured residents, and team members, and commitment to quality of life.
With approximately 900 residents across Independent Living, Personal Care, and Skilled Nursing, Landis Homes offers a dynamic multi-venue culinary environment serving nearly 1000 meals daily. This role provides the opportunity to lead culinary operations within Healthcare and Personal Care while collaborating with a seasoned campus leadership team and supporting a broader dining program across multiple venues.
For chefs seeking stability, purpose, and scale-without sacrificing culinary standards-Landis Homes offers a unique balance of operational complexity, supportive leadership, and meaningful impact in residents daily lives.
Job Summary
An inspirational and organized leader who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to ensure the overall success of daily kitchen operations, including recruiting, training, and food preparation. The Executive Chef will showcase culinary talents through the delivery of show-quality food through personal involvement in task performance while developing and empowering the onsite staff.
Works to continually improve resident, employee, and client satisfaction while maximizing the financial performance in all areas of responsibility. Will deliver on company objectives by ensuring monthly budget, food, and labor costs are met and the safe handling of food by following safety and sanitation protocols.
Leading Culinary Operation
Lead daily culinary production in preparation and production of meals, food quality, and presentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards, and regulation. Team member productivity and performance, cost controls, and overall profitability.
Determine how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.
Provide direction on menu development based on product availability, creates distinctive specials that incorporate seasonal or special ingredients.
Seek out sources for fresh food, monitors all produce and meat for freshness.
Maintain product consistency by conducting inspections of seasonings, portion, and appearance of food.
Research customer preferences and develops a menu which incorporates local foods and flavors.
Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and company health, safety, sanitation standards.
Provide guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Communicate the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.
Monitor the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
Follows and enforces food safety and sanitation guidelines.
Maintain purchasing, receiving, and food storage standards.
Business & Financial Acumen
Participates in the development and implementation of business strategies for the community which are aligned with the clients overall mission, vision, values, and strategies.
Manages department controllable expenses, including food cost, supplies, uniforms, and equipment.
Develops and implements guidelines and control procedures for purchasing and receiving areas.
Analyze financial and operational information on an ongoing basis to adjust business plans, labor requirements, and operating costs.
Develop, implement, and manage the departments budget, continually analyze forecast, monitor, and control the labor and food costs through various methods to meet and exceed management budget objectives.
Identify major revenue and expense opportunities and possible problems.
Controls food cost, labor, and other expenses, monitors actual versus budgeted expenses.
Oversees the food inventory, purchasing control, and disbursement of all food supplies.
Schedules staff based upon forecasted volumes.
Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service
Creates 100 resident satisfaction by providing team members with the training and resources they need to maximize team member engagement and deliver best-in-class service.
Professional attitude and appearance while engaging with residents and community staff.
Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
Provides and supports service behaviors that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
Establishes guidelines so employees understand expectations and parameters.
Ensures employees receive on-going training to understand guest expectations.
Ensures that employees provide genuine hospitality and teamwork on an ongoing basis.
Uses teamwork to support guests and employees.
Seeks opportunities to improve the customer experience by seeking resident feedback and developing strategies to improve department.
Reviews resident satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.
Responds to and handles guest problems and complaints.
Team Building and Management
Regularly lead team member meetings.
Establishes goals, including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an open-door policy, and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
Develops and implements strategies and practices which support team member engagement.
Ensures employees are treated fairly and equitably.
Provides team members with the training needed to understand expectations and perform job responsibilities.
Provides team members with the necessary tools to perform their duties and responsibilities.
Communicates performance expectations and provides team members with on-going feedback.
Provides team members with coaching and counseling as needed to achieve performance objectives and reach their fullest potential.
Preferred Qualifications
A.S. or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 years of progressive culinary, kitchen management experience depending upon formal degree or training.
Extensive catering experience a plus.
High volume, complex foodservice operations experience-highly desirable.
Institutional and batch cooking experiences.
Hands-on chefs experience a must.
Comprehensive knowledge of food and catering trends with a focus on quality production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.
Must be experienced with computers to include Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Power Point, Outlook, E-mail, and the Internet.
Must be willing to participate in client satisfaction programs, activities.
ServSafe certified
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Associates at Unidine are offered many fantastic benefits.
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Addisability Insurance
Retirement Plan
Flexible Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Holiday Time Off varies by state
Personal Leave
Associate Shopping Program
Health and Wellness Programs
Discount Marketplace
Identity Theft Protection
Pet Insurance
Commuter Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here or copy-paste the link below for paid time off benefits information.
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Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.
Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with a criminal history, including relevant driving history, in a manner consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York Fair Chance Act.
We encourage applicants with a criminal history and driving history to apply.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Unidine maintains a drug-free workplace.
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