Culinary Director

Overview

• Ebenezer offers a robust compensation package with excellent benefits and wages ranging from $29 - $39 / hour. Wage determinations will be based on similar experience

We are looking for a Culinary Director to join our team at Amira Choice of Plymouth! This position is responsible for overseeing all dining services operations and ensuring that meals are prepared and presented in accordance with applicable regulations and customer expectations for our Assisted Living Community in Plymouth, MN.

This Culinary Director schedule includes;

• Full Time, 40 hours per week

• Full Benefits package: https://www.ebenezercares.org/employee-benefits (medical and dental insurance, paid time off, matching retiement monies, college funds, wellness)

Ebenezer is proud to be voted 2024 Star Tribune Top Work Place, and has received this honor fifteen years in a row. We're an established organization with over 100 years of excellent service and an outstanding rate of growth. When you come to work at an Ebenezer community, we strive to support your growth, honor your strengths and empower you to make a difference in the lives of others.

Opened in 2018, Amira Choice of Plymouth is one of our newest senior communities. We are located at the intersection of Old Rockford Road and Highway 55 in the Northwest suburb of Plymouth, MN. We offer 94 units of Independent, Assisted Living as well as Memory Care and Care Suites. Boasting an exceptional team of caregivers who believe in our mission to heal, discover, and educate for longer healthier, more meaningful lives.

Responsibilities/Job Description

• Complete task on daily preparation sheets

• Properly cooks and assembles foods and follows standardized recipes in specified time frames

• Prepare bakery items

• Assists with special events

• Sanitizes equipment and work area after each use; maintaining a "clean as you go" attitude

• Hires and supervises dining staff; ensuring they are properly trained, giving ongoing performance

• Manages inventory and food/supplies budget and storage area

• Assists with planning and developing menus for upcoming week

• Prepares and/or oversees food preparation ensuring that proper sanitation and food handling techniques are used

• Makes substitutions and revisions to accommodate dietary needs of tenants /residents

• Ensures that kitchen and storage areas are clean and orderly feedback, conducting performance reviews, and promotes positive working relationships amongst employees

Qualifications

Required:

• Food Manager Certification or obtained within 90 days of hire date

• Serv Safe Certification or obtained within 90 days of hire date

• 3-5 years of related work experience

Preferred:

• Vocational/Technical Training or Associates Degree in Food/Culinary Services

• Certified Dietary Manager

• Certified Food Protection Professional

• Working knowledge of basic Microsoft office applications and comfortable using computers