Sous Chef

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

At Carlton, we are dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults by offering personalized care and fostering a warm and supportive environment. We know it takes a special group of individuals to help our residents live their lives to the fullest, surrounded by love, kindness, and care. We believe happy employees ensure happy residents. With attractive benefits, hands-on training, and opportunities for career advancement, we take great pride in recruiting people who embrace and embody our unique “culture of caring.”

Join our exceptional team at Carlton Senior Living as our Sous Chef! This is a non-exempt full-time position with a schedule that includes at least one weekend day. The pay range is $22-$24 an hour.

Benefits:

• Raises twice a year
• Anniversary Bonus
• Immediate Pay
• Fitness/Education Reimbursement
• Complementary employee meals
• Opportunity for additional pay increases (referrals, mentors, etc)
• Holiday pay
• Sick/Vacation Time
• Medical, Dental, Vision… and more!

SUMMARY

The Sous Chef is responsible for planning and managing food preparation in the kitchen, serving as the assistant to the Chefand second in command. This role oversees daily kitchen operations, including ordering, inventory control, training new staff, and maintaining high standards of food quality and safety. The Sous Chef ensures proper food handling, storage,and sanitation while supporting and supervising the culinary team. In theChef’s absence, the Sous Chef leads all kitchen activities, ensuring smooth and efficient operations.

To performthis job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill,and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties maybe assigned by your direct manager.

Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Able to perform the duties of the Chef in their absence.
• Assist the Chef with managing the day-to-day operations.
• Assists Chef in training new line cooks, prep cooks,and dishwashers.
• Monitors the Kitchen Staff, including, but not limitedto, enforcing service standards, uniform compliance, company policies, andServe
  
  Safe requirements.
• Ensure a sanitary work environment and that all localcodes and policies regarding proper storage, handling, and serving of food arebeing followed.
• Ensure that food storage areas are clean and properlyorganized at all times. As requested, inspect food storage areas,utility/janitorial closets for upkeep and supply control.
• Manages production areas for efficient daily operation.
• Reads the menuto estimate food requirements and orders food from supplieror procures food from storage.
• Measures and mixesingredients according to recipe to prepare soups,salads, gravies, desserts,sauces, and casseroles.
• Bakes, roasts,broils, and steams meats, fish,vegetables, and otherfoods.
• Adds seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking.
• Observes and tests foods being cooked by tasting,smelling, and piercingwith fork to determine degree of doneness.
• Carves meats, portions food on servingplates, adds graviesand sauces, and garnishes servings to fill orders.
• Displays knowledge and follows all procedures in sanitation and sanitary food handling.
• Keeps work area clean and organized using soap and sanitizing agents.
• Washes, peels,cuts, and shredsvegetables and fruitsto prepare them for use.
• Butchers chickens, fish, and shellfish.
• Bakes bread,rolls, cakes, and pastry.
• Loads or unloads trucks picking up or delivering food and/or supplies.
• All other reasonable and related duties assigned by theChef
• Dress appropriately per the Company’s standardsoutlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Attend periodic staff meetings, in-service training,and mandatory meetings as required.
• Observe Residents’ Rights, as postedwithin the facility, to include any updates thereto.
• Mandated reporting – if you suspectany verbal, physical, emotional, financial, or neglectful treatment toward aresident or staff…