Chef de Cuisine - Newport Healthcare

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

Responsibilities:

The Chef de Cuisine is responsible for the overall running of the culinary department and onsite meal preparation. The Chef is responsible for ensuring that the preparation and presentation of all meals and snacks to residents, guests and families meet Newport Healthcare’s culinary philosophy and standard of culinary excellence. To use the process of cultivating, preparing, serving, and enjoying our food as a fundamental aid in health and recovery. The Chef oversees all cooks, prep, and dishwashing staff.

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for overall management of the culinary staff, including onboarding, performance evaluations and identifying additional training needed, if any.
• Responsible for controlling and directing the food preparation process.
• Ensure high quality as evidenced by positive client and family culinary satisfaction scores.
• Responsible for culinary purchasing and budget.
• Monitor sanitation practices in the kitchen and ensure that all safety and regulatory standards are met.
• Ensure the kitchen adheres to State Health and Hygiene Requirements.
• Responsible for food hygiene practices.
• Managing and working closely with chefs of all other levels.
• Ensure quick resolution of problems for a smooth-running kitchen.
• Streamline kitchen processes to maintain optimum service and productivity.
• In collaboration with the Director, Culinary Services create menus to ensure all meals and snacks are varied, healthy, nutritious, and organic; may work collaboratively with registered dietician.
• Create and maintain schedules of all culinary staff.
• Attends meetings as part of the leadership team.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in Registered Dietician, Culinary Arts, Business, or Hospitality Management preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years relevant culinary experience.
• Must have a minimum of three (3) years in a culinary leadership role managing or supporting culinary operations of a multi-site national company.
• Possess current ServSafe certification, applicable State Food Safe certification.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products is required. Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and PowerPoint.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.  Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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