Lead Cook Position Available In Charlotte, Florida

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24738,

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Lead Cook,

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Culinary Services,

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2025-04-22T16:42:28 00:00,

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Full time,

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Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work! South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida’s best kept secrets! You’ll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impacting our residents’ lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation’s leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square. Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a

Lead Cook:

Clarifies and organizes all evening paperwork and posts next day’s production schedule. Assists the kitchen staff in all aspects of daily assignments, as required. Monitors Labeling of all products in the kitchen Assists in daily shift change walk-through of kitchen staff. Ensures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentation standards, is a quality product and is properly portioned. Responsible for the direction of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef. Assists in creating, planning, costing and executing menus, theme buffets, specials and holiday menus. Assists with food orders, production sheets and related material. Assists the chef in executing all catered and special functions. Supervises Utility Workers on daily cleaning projects Informs the Executive Chef of all activities and operational problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.

Other Duties:

Assists in maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction for our residents and their guests. Maintains appearance, cleanliness and service of facility at or above Health Department standards through routine, daily cleaning procedures. Assists in maintaining daily, weekly and monthly statistical information as required. Uses time, material and equipment properly to eliminate waste and unnecessary expense. Maintains good working relations with employees; illustrates leadership to promote unity of effort, group pride, harmony and teamwork. Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have: Ability to understand and follow instructions in English and communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions. Two to three years experience in a hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining preferred. Culinary education and supervisory background desirable. Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of nutrition and diet. Health Care experience desirable.

What We Offer:

Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay! South Port Square now offers DailyPay – a program that allows employees to access their earned income on demand, as it’s earned. Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more! Fun, caring, inclusive work environment!

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu, and

COVID-19

vaccine status.

Full-TimeSalary:

From $20.00 per hourIf you’re an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we’d love to get to know you!

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