Sous Chef

North Oaks, a premier retirement community in Pikesville, Maryland is seeking a full time Sous Chef. The Sous Chef is responsible for the proper preparation of the planned menu and assists in the supervision of all kitchen employees.

Essential Duties

1. Clarifies and organizes all evening paperwork and posts next day's production schedule.

2. Assists the kitchen staff in all aspects of daily assignments as required.

3. Informs the Executive Chef of all activities and operations problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.

4. Assists in daily shift change walk-throughs of kitchen staff.

5. Ensures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentation standards, is a quality product and is properly portioned.

6. Responsible for the direction of the kitchen in the absence of the Director of Food and Beverage.

7. Assists in creating, planning, costing and executing menus, theme buffets, specials and holiday menus.

8. Assists with food orders, production sheets and related material.

9. Assist the Director of Food and Beverage in executing all catered and special functions.

10. Reviews closing checklist to ensure all tasks have been completed, checks out each individual cook's station based on work flow completion. Initial's closing calendar.

Other Duties

1. Assists in maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction for residents and their guests.

2. Maintains appearance, cleanliness and service of facility at or above Health Department standards through routing daily cleaning procedures.

3. Assists in maintaining daily, weekly and monthly statistical information as required.

4. Uses time, material and equipment properly to eliminate waste and unnecessary expense.

5. Maintains good working relationship with employees. Illustrates leadership to promote unity of effort, group pride, harmony and teamwork.

6. Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.

7. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

8. Observes all safety rules and regulations.

9. HIPAA Compliance – follows written policies and procedures to ensure confidentiality of protected health information.

10. OIG Compliance – follows written policies and procedures to comply with the federal and state laws and regulations.

11. Interacts with residents and coworkers in a friendly and respectful manner.

Qualifications

1. Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.

2. Minimum 2 years experience as a Sous Chef or lead cook in a hotel, restaurant, club or other similar institution

3. Serv-safe Certification preferred.

4. Culinary education and supervisory background desirable.

5. Ability to plan and organize work, and to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards.

6. Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of nutrition and diet. Health Care experience desirable.

7. Compliance with North Oaks Influenza Vaccination Policy is required for this position for all North Oaks employees. Please refer to the policy for details. All North Oaks employees may access the North Oaks Influenza Policy via their Human Resources representative or Executive Director.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

Must be able to stand or walk for up to 8 hours per day. Must be able to bend, stoop, and stretch frequently throughout the day. Moderate to heavy physical effort needed infrequently. Manual dexterity for preparing food. Ability to use standard industrial kitchen appliances required. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. independently. May be exposed to extreme temperatures (freezers and stoves-range burners) for short periods of time. May be exposed to industrial cleaning chemicals. Must be able to see, hear, and communicate with others.

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