At HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services Youth Residential Healing Homes, food is an essential part of the program, as we service youths from diverse cultures. We pride ourselves on being able to serve our clients food from their culture. We are seeking a Head Cook with prior experience as a chef who can cook multicultural dishes. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Cook with great culinary skills to help support our program. The ideal candidate for this position has previous experience evaluating and implementing food planning and preparation, ensuring nutritional, well-balanced meals which conform to mandate diet guidelines; evaluating and administering a household budget for food and supplies, and determining and effectuating all purchasing; can cook recipe dishes, creating monthly food calendars, multi-tasking effectively; and enjoys working in a busy and at times stressful environment. If you have great culinary skills, love working with youths, and have a passion for food prep with strong customer service, please feel free to apply for the position.

Plans all breakfast, lunches, dinners, and snacks for residents and staff in the Healing Home program at least 4 weeks in advance, lowing all nutritional guidelines as approved by the Healing Home Nurse maintains files of menus for 1 year; measures and assemble ingredients for daily, weekly, and monthly food menu items Manages and administers a household budget which ensures that the menu plan is purchased, either directly in the community or through a food delivery service. Stores all food in compliance with government standards and checks inventories to ensure dated foods are used within allowable limits and to ensure that food is secure. Collaborate with program staff daily to ensure that all meals are prepared timely and appropriately. Maintain accurate food inventories, as well as completed weekly food inspections and shopping. Properly store food items at appropriate temperatures & check the quantity and quality of all received food products. Rotate stock food items, as well as create a check-out food system for the program pantry. Restock the kitchen with appropriate food for subsequent shifts Ensure that the food prep area and kitchen are cleaned and sanitized at the end of your shift Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that all employees follow all standards and regulations. Supervise and coordinate activities of cooking with clients and staff to improve cooking skills and proper food preparation.