Executive Chef – Woodland by Bonaventure

Woodland Retirement and Assisted Living Community located in Lacey, Washington has an opportunity for you as a Dining Services Manager. The ideal candidate is ready for a challenge and embraces the responsibility of leading a dining team and ensuring an exceptional dining experience for our seniors every day.
We are looking for someone who is a creative leader and can maintain a professional dining room and kitchen; a leader to engage, motivate and drive a culture of service comparable to a 5-star dining experience for our residents. Our food is a major element of our resident satisfaction and one of the main reasons seniors choose to make Bonaventure their home.
Sous chefs, Lead Cooks, as well as candidates with management experience in catering, banquet or dining room management for senior communities, hotels, resorts, etc. are encouraged to apply.
 
What You Will Be Doing:

• Prepare and serve foods indicated on planned menus, using standardized portion sizes and approved substitutions.
• Follow standardized recipes and food production schedules.
• Lead with, and inspire, excellent customer service to our residents.
• Manage day-to-day operation of the dining room, dining and kitchen staff and department budgets.
• Ensure consistent quality and delicious food is served.
• Bonaventure Senior Living associates enjoy a dynamic and exciting work environment, comprehensive training and mentoring, along with the pride that comes from working for a company with exceptional service. We represent a culture of respect, gratitude and empowerment day in and day out. If you are friendly, motivated person, with a passion to service others Bonaventure Senior Living may be your perfect match.

 
Top Reasons to Work for Bonaventure:

• Competitive salary
• Generous 401K program
• Medical and dental benefits
• Paid vacation time off
• Education reimbursement
• Flexible spending accounts
• Excellent team environment

 
Company Overview:
Bonaventure is a family of companies dedicated to developing and providing an exceptional senior lifestyle. Bonaventure’s consistent success has been based upon a simple formula: engaged and satisfied residents, happy team members and fiscally responsible growth.
This formula has taken Bonaventure from the two-community company it started out as in 1999 to a portfolio of 27 architecturally refined and amenity-rich senior living communities with a focus on multi-use campuses providing retirement living assisted living and memory care. A solid sustainable growth plan allows us to continually develop and build new communities in new markets to spread the “Retirement Perfected™’ lifestyle throughout the west. But we believe our greatest accomplishment is our resident satisfaction, with more than 9 out of 10 residents enthusiastically recommending us to their friends and family.
Bonaventure Senior Living achieves one of the highest resident satisfaction ratings in the industry through a belief in the importance of choice, independence and fun for each resident, dedicated and well-trained staff members, branded activity and culinary programs and, above all, extraordinary service. We seek out and hire the most qualified personnel and enhance their capabilities with training and support that far exceeds industry standards.
 
 
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