Executive Chef

EXECUTIVE CHEF - Lititz, PA

Unidine is an industry-leading hospitality food service group driven by its exceptional people sharing their passion, creativity, and talent to craft memorable guest experiences. Unidine’s commitment to scratch cooking, innovative programs, venue concepts, and services continues to push boundaries and modernize dining programs for hundreds of clients around the nation. Our restaurants, bars, cafeterias, and bistros offer a place for guests to enjoy something extraordinary.

We believe that using the freshest ingredients makes for the best dishes, staying ahead of industry trends pushes us to be innovative, and giving team members the right tools and resources helps them to perform their best. Come and join our award‑winning team!

This Executive Chef opportunity is based at Landis Homes
, a premier Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located on a beautiful 114‑acre campus in Lititz, PA
. Landis Homes is a mission‑driven, non‑profit, faith‑based community known for its strong culture, long‑tenured residents and team members, and commitment to quality of life.

With approximately 900 residents across Independent Living, Personal Care, and Skilled Nursing, Landis Homes offers a dynamic, multi‑venue culinary environment serving nearly 1,000 meals daily
. This role provides the opportunity to lead culinary operations within Healthcare and Personal Care while collaborating with a seasoned campus leadership team and supporting a broader dining program across multiple venues.

For chefs seeking stability, purpose, and scale
—without sacrificing culinary standards—Landis Homes offers a unique balance of operational complexity, supportive leadership, and meaningful impact in residents’ daily lives.

An inspirational and organized leader who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to ensure the overall success of daily kitchen operations, including recruiting, training, and food preparation. The Executive Chef will showcase culinary talents through the delivery of show‑quality food through personal involvement in task performance while developing and empowering the onsite staff. Works to continually improve resident, employee, and client satisfaction while maximizing financial performance in all areas of responsibility.

Will deliver on company objectives by ensuring monthly budget, food and labor costs are met and ensuring the safe handling of food by following safety & sanitation protocols.

• Lead daily culinary production in preparation and production of meals, food quality and presentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards and regulation, team member productivity and performance, cost controls and overall profitability.
• Determine how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.
• Provide direction on menu development based on product availability; create distinctive specials that incorporate seasonal or special ingredients.
• Seek out sources for fresh food; monitor all produce and meat for freshness.
• Maintain product consistency by conducting inspections of seasonings, portion, and appearance of food.
• Research customer preferences and develop a menu which incorporates local foods and flavors.
• Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local and company health, safety, sanitation standards.
• Provide guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Communicate the importance of safety procedures, detailing procedure codes, ensuring employee understanding of safety codes, monitoring processes and procedures related to safety.
• Monitor the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Follow and enforce food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Maintain purchasing, receiving and food storage standards.

• Participate in the development and implementation of business strategies for the…