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About the Role
Nutrition Management Services is seeking a hands-on Cook Supervisor for an assisted living community serving approximately 85 residents. This position combines cooking, team leadership, and resident hospitality in a small kitchen with limited equipment. The Cook Supervisor also provides leadership and oversees daily meal service when the Food Service Director is away.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and serve lunch and dinner according to approved menus, standardized recipes, portion sizes, and production schedules.
- Maintain a strong focus on recipe and menu compliance, following established procedures for any substitutions or changes.
- Follow resident diet instructions, including prescribed textures and food allergy requirements.
- Coordinate daily kitchen assignments and support staff to ensure meals are prepared accurately and served on time.
- Lead the department in the Food Service Director’s absence, addressing routine concerns and communicating issues that require follow-up.
- Support dining room service, ensuring meals are presented attractively and served with courtesy and attention to residents’ needs.
- Interact warmly and respectfully with residents, listen to feedback, and communicate concerns to the director.
- Prepare food for special events, resident functions, and catering needs.
- Plan and organize production to make effective use of a small kitchen and limited equipment.
- Maintain sanitation and food safety standards, including proper food storage, labeling, temperature monitoring, cleaning, and safe equipment use.
- Assist with inventory counts, ordering, receiving, stock rotation, and waste control.
- Help train staff and reinforce expectations for food quality, sanitation, teamwork, and resident service.
Requirements
- Prior commercial kitchen cooking experience required.
- Previous supervisory or lead cook experience preferred.
- Ability to follow standardized recipes, menus, production instructions, and resident dietary requirements.
- Strong organization, communication, and leadership skills.
- Working knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices.
- Comfortable working alongside the team and adapting to changing daily needs.
- A patient, professional approach and a commitment to serving older adults.
- Availability to work 9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., including alternating weekends and holidays.
Skills
- Cooking
- Team leadership
- Resident hospitality
- Recipe adherence
- Menu compliance
- Dietary requirement adherence
- Food preparation
- Sanitation
- Food safety
- Inventory management
- Ordering
- Receiving
- Stock rotation
- Waste control
- Staff training
- Communication
- Organization
- Leadership
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Supervisor
- Lead Cook
Education Level
- 2 Year Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $22.50 - $26.00 Hourly
About the Company
- Village Care is an assisted living community where meals are an important part of each resident’s day.