👨🍳 Allegro Winter Park is Hiring a Full-Time Lead Cook! 👩🍳
Bring your culinary skills and leadership to our thriving dining team!
✨ Position Details:
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Full-Time, open availability
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Must be able to work weekends & holidays as needed
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Pay: $17.00 – $18.00/hr (based on experience)
🧑🍳 Requirements:
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Lead Cook experience required
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ServSafe Manager certification required
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Strong leadership experience in the kitchen preferred
💙 Perks You’ll Love:
At Allegro Winter Park, you’ll create meals that our residents love while leading a supportive, team-oriented kitchen.
Allegro, Voted Great Place to Work! At Allegro Senior Living we are committed to being a premier senior living operator, placing people at the center of everything we do. Our pledge to offer the highest quality of service begins with our commitment to finding qualified team members who share our passion for providing an inspiring level of care and service. We cultivate a supportive and flexible working environment that motivates and empowers our team members to meet and exceed our residents expectations. The only thing missing is YOU!
The primary responsibility of the Lead Cook is to prepare food of the highest quality and taste for the residents and guests of the Community, ensuring that the food presentation enhances the dining experience of the residents and guests. The Lead Cook will also assist the Dining Services Director (DSD) in managing the operation of the DS department to include staffing, food ordering, preparation, menu planning, food delivery, and sanitation in accordance with appropriate industry and health department regulations.
Areas of Responsibility
- Prepare delicious and attractive food that is colorful and tastefully presented, making each meal service an exceptional occasion.
- Supervise the kitchen under the direction of the DSD.
- Maintain kitchen and food preparation areas in a clean and sanitary manner.
- Prepare high quality meals consistent with local customs and tastes. Consistently adhere to the standard recipes, posted approved menus, budgeted costs, and Company policies.
- Approach residents and associates in a friendly, service-oriented manner.
- Monitor water, food, refrigerator, and freezer temperatures and/or chemical compounds as appropriate to ensure the prevention of food borne illness and the spread of communicable disease.
- Prepare high quality meals consistent with local customs and tastes. Consistently adhere to the standard recipes, posted approved menus, budgeted costs, and Company policies.
- Work closely with the Lead Server in training and scheduling associates.
- Participate in recruitment, selection, and orientation of new DS associates.
- Other duties as assigned – see full job description.
