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Culinary Director

Gencare Inc
Federal Way, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

GenCare Lifestyle @ Steel Lake in Federal Way is a Premier Senior Independent / Assisted Living / Memory Care Community. We have an immediate opening for a full-time Culinary Director.

FT Benefits : Base Medical plan is 99% employer paid, Dental, Vision and Life at the employees expense, Paid sick (1 hour for every 40 worked, able to roll over max of 56 hours) and 6 paid holidays per year plus a paid day off for your birthday, one week vacation after one year employment, with an additional week beginning in year 2 finally with an additional week starting in the 47th month for a total of 3 weeks, quarterly raises for hourly employees, 401K eligible after 6 months with up to a 4% employer match after one year of employment, up to 3 days of bereavement and up to 5 days jury leave, First Choice Health Employee Assistance Program, free CEU’s, LPN and CNA annual license reimbursement, Free meal at work.

GenCare Lifestyle is at the forefront of whole food and gluten free cuisine in the Senior Housing arena. If you think you know "retirement home" cooking, think again.

GenCare Lifestyle promotes a Whole Life Living™ program and Gluten Free Food Services that focuses on the mind, body, and soul. For more information about our company, please visit us at www.gencarelifestyle.com.

Experience :

  • 5 years Institutional management and cooking experience preferred.
  • Knowledgeable in all aspects of kitchen and dining room operations
  • Experience working with vulnerable adults is helpful.

Staffing and Leadership :

  • Provides leadership and training to both front and back of the house culinary team.
  • Demonstrates aptitude in all culinary positions and is available to fill other shifts as needed or required.
  • Enforces and ensures gluten-free safe food handling practices and procedures. Provides ongoing gluten-free training to ensure proficiency in the workplace.
  • Assists the Executive Director with all aspects of culinary department, including hiring, firing, and promoting.
  • Maintains and manages the schedule for all team members of the culinary services department.
  • Make operational proposals to the Executive Director and the Corporate Director as needed.
  • Demonstrates basic computer knowledge, familiar with online ordering.
  • Train and motivate team members to follow GenCare's Whole Foods philosophy.
  • Responsible for following all policies and procedures, including keeping in budget, documenting, maintaining, and updating flow sheets, schedules, making sure kitchen is consistently clean and orderly, and ensuring safe gluten-free policies and practices are followed.
  • Provides and manages all aspects of the community's food services to comply with local, state, and federal regulatory standards in accordance with company standards.
  • We set the bar high because our residents expect it! Our forward-thinking mission statement considers the dietary needs and expectations of a senior population that understands food and its relationship to vitality and health!

    You will be trained in Gluten Free food preparation with the only fully GF accredited Senior Housing Community in the country.

    Culinary Directors who have a passion for scratch cooking with fresh, local ingredients will feel right at home in our community.

    If you have proven experience and are an enthusiastic leader with a passion for both healthy cooking and seniors, please respond with your resume today!

    All qualified and interested applicants are encouraged to email a resume.

    All offers of employment are contingent upon the candidate passing a background check, reference check and meeting minimum requirements and providing all required employment documentation.

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