Culinary Director
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Lead the culinary team and transform dining services into a hallmark of excellence for a luxury senior living community. This role involves full operational performance responsibility, including menu execution, budget management, and enhancing resident and team member satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Lead a high-performing culinary team with full responsibility for operational performance
- Honor all contractual and other commitments to the client
- Develop managers to maintain and exceed operating standards
- Meet regularly with client partners for budget, performance metric reviews and business reviews
- Look for ways to differentiate Thomas Cuisine's food quality and service
- Teach and expect a "meal by meal" review of basics like temperature, food presentation, and genuine service
- Ensure operations are clean, neat, safe, and organized according to standards and regulatory requirements
- Work with managers to ensure specified ingredients are procured
- Ensure compliance with human resource policies and procedures
- Responsible for selection and orientation of exempt team members
- Prepare and manage accurate budgets
- Analyze P&L's and understand revenue and cost ratios
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or at least 5 years’ experience in culinary leadership with increasing responsibility or operation
- Senior living, resort level hospitality, and or healthcare experience
- Proven success in luxury environments with high service expectations
- ServSafe certification
- State Certified in Safe Food Handling and Sanitation
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or at least 5 years’ experience in culinary leadership with increasing responsibility or operation
- At least 5 years in culinary leadership with increasing responsibility, or equivalent experience; Senior living, resort level hospitality, and or healthcare experience required.
Nice to Have
- Certified Dietary Manager Active License (CDM)
- Willingness to study and pass CDM exam within first year of employment
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About Thomas Cuisine
Founded in 1986, Thomas Cuisine is an award-winning, privately held contract food service company that advocates the healing power of whole foods and prepares scratch-made cuisine fresh each day. They focus on making a positive impact through REAL food.