Sous Chef

Why Kensington Senior Living? Because Our Promise is to love and care for your family as we do our own…and this extends to our team members too!

Become part of a community that’s driven by its unique core values: a Love for Seniors, Respect for Each Other, Passion for Excellence, and a Spirit to Serve.

Partner with us to find your path, grow your purpose, and expect the unexpected: deeper connections, better opportunities, and a stronger sense of belonging.

Benefits (starting at 32 hrs/week):

• A community where you’re treated like family!
• Competitive salary
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• PTO
• Complimentary meals and uniforms
• Career growth and paid training opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus

• Prepares and conducts daily production meetings, tasting and menu classes to promote staff understanding of food production requirements of upcoming meal periods.
• Ensures culinary staff is familiar with all recipes prior to preparing meals. Trains staff in techniques for preparing appealing and nutritious food items residents with mechanically modified or pureed diets.
• Prepares hot and cold food items for the residents, guests, and personnel according to daily menus and food production sheets. Prepares food items for residents with modified diets.
• Prepares food for transportation from the production areas to dining areas in accordance with safe food handling practices.
• Instructs servers on proper handling, storage, portioning, plating, and serving of food items.
• Responsible for labeling and storing bulk food and supply orders upon delivery. Labels and stores “ready to eat” and prepared foods in accordance with safe food handling and HACCP requirements.
• Conducts regular inventories of food and other supplies.
• Maintains work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition throughout the work shift and performs required shift closing and periodic cleaning tasks as assigned. Assigns utility related tasks as needed.
• Conducts in-service training sessions to keep community staff abreast of current knowledge in the field of nutrition and dietary needs, safe food handling, culinary skills and procedures, and operation and maintenance of equipment.
• Attends training courses and participates in other professional development activities as required.
• Report any suspicion or evidence of elder abuse, mistreatment or neglect as outlined in Personnel Policies.

• Must have excellent verbal skills and communication abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within a team based environment.
• Must know how to operate kitchen equipment and use utensils to greatest advantage.
• Ability to follow diet instructions and menus, know basic methods of preparing food in quantities, and familiar with seasoning requirements.

• Must be able to clearly and proficiently communicate with people of all ages and abilities, displaying consideration of their rights and sensitivities, while maintaining an energetic, positive attitude.
• Must be able to read and write English, and follow verbal and written instructions.
• Must maintain a clean and well-groomed appearance and follow the dress code as outlined in the employee handbook.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends, evenings, rotating shifts, and occasional overtime.
• Be in good health, and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks.
• Demonstrates freedom from pulmonary tuberculosis by a health screening performed by a physician not more than (6) months prior to or (7) days after employment
• Must be cleared in a criminal background check administered in the state of Virginia.
• Minimum of (1) year in similar position, with preferable retirement living or home-care background.
• High school education strongly preferred
• Certified in safe food handling.

• Requires ability to stand and walk short and long distances for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and/or carry objects in excess of 25 pounds.
• Requires bending at knees, twisting from side to side at the waist, and reaching above, below and at shoulder length.
• The kitchen environment is subject to noise, interruptions and distractions and requires the ability to concentrate and handle a multitude of tasks.
• High degree of safety awareness as work environment involves potential physical risks that include cuts from utensils, burns, falls due to wet floors, quick temperature changes in and out of refrigeration areas and around steam tables.