Senior Persons Living Connected

Food, Beverage and Hospitality Manager (Full-time contract)

Senior Persons Living Connected

Scarborough Ontario

Salary: Neg Per Hour






Leads, supervises and directs all dining room and kitchen staff 

  • Provides supervision to Team leader, dining room and kitchen staff.
  • Provides guidance and direction and conducts performance management, including discipline with staff and provides coaching and mentoring to meet or exceed established expectations.
  • Trains, develops and motivates culinary staff and other staff in the Food, Beverage and Hospitality Services to meet and exceed established food preparation standards on a consistent basis.
  • Revise and report on staffing levels to ensure that customer service, operational needs and financial objectives are met. Hires staff in collaboration with HR department and supervisor.
  • Ensures that the leadership in the dining room service meets the expectations of quality customer service provided by dining room staff.
  • Ensures staff compliance with all legislative guidelines for the food industry, the organization’s policies and procedures as well as the FB& H Operations Guideline manual.
  • Maintains confidentiality of personal information of staff, volunteers, residents and clients.

Prepares and cooks quality meals in accordance with safe food handling practices

  • Develops, designs and update menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner, day programs and special events as required collaboratively with the team.
  • Prepares and cooks a wide variety of regular and special diet meals according to prescribed or planned menus based on accepted nutritional practices.
  • Ensures prepared meals are creative and attractively presented during planning before serving and are frequently reviewed when finished for quality and presentation before the orders are sent to guests.
  • Establishes correct portion sizes for seniors using the food services industry standards as a benchmark.
  • Determines quantity of food supply requirements and costs.
  • Follows proper safe food handling practices for all food products and ensures that all products are prepared in a consistent manner and meet culinary appearance
  • Ensures that all equipment in the kitchen is properly maintained and in working order in accordance with Public Health and the Restaurant Industry Standards.
  • Works cooperatively with other Cooks to ensure all food preparation is completed in a timely manner, meal service is conducted efficiently and proper supplies and equipment are readily available.
  • Ensures that kitchen associates are trained in the fundamentals of good cooking and excellent plate presentations.

Purchasing and inventory management

  • Assists with developing and maintaining Purchasing Standards for the kitchen.
  • Explore competitive costs for goods and service and make appropriate recommendations for changes that meets the needs of Food, Beverage and Hospitality Services.
  • Coordinates the inventory of all food items and dry goods on a monthly basis and order new supplies appropriately.
  • Maintains quality levels of inventory, receiving and storage of products.
  • Reviews inventory of supplies on hand and communicates orders for food supplies, ingredients, other consumables and paper products on a scheduled basis as determined by menu and estimated number of customers.
  • Checks and inspects deliveries of food supplies for quantity and quality of items and rejects or returns incorrect items or poor quality of fresh products.
  • Ensures delivered products are date stamped, labelled and stored appropriately according to Safe Food Handling guidelines.
  • Provides monthly operational reports which includes revenues and expenses to supervisor.

Performs other support duties

  • Reports to supervisor about all existing or potential hygiene and safety hazard and risk.
  • Maintains kitchen equipment, reports to supervisor about needs of purchase, necessary repairs, and any safety concerns in a timely manner.
  • Cleans and sanitizes all food preparation equipment and ensures they are kept in safe and operable condition on a daily basis
  • Works cooperatively with staff and volunteers to ensure clients’ needs and Centre responsibilities are met.
  • Provides back up to department staff when absent
  • Reports to supervisor about any food services related issues for quality improvement.
  • Attends and participates in meetings, training and other SPLC’s activities.

Promotes health and safety of customers, staff and self 

  • Complies with and conforms to all legislated safety regulations and related policies such as Occupational Health and Safety Act, WHMIS, Food Handlers Guideline, Food, Beverage and Hospitality Guideline.
  • Performs work safely according to departmental and organization procedures and policies and ensures safety of self and others.
  • Follows and adheres to safe food handling, preparation, storage and sanitation standards based on Safe Food Handling guidelines.
  • Promotes customers safety by preparing food customized to meet their dietary needs.
  • Ensures proper grooming and hygiene standards for all dining room and kitchen staff.
  • Uses equipment, materials and protective devices in safe manner as required and performs pre-use start-up inspections of equipment.
  • Checks if the kitchen environment and practices are meeting health and safety standards for customers, volunteers and staff on regular basis.

Education

  • Red Seal designation or Trades Designation
  • University degree or Community College Diploma in Food, Beverage and Hospitality or equivalent
  • Food Handlers Certificate

Skills & Experience

  • Four years culinary experience for large group of customers
  • Experience in food, beverage and hospitality services, especially for seniors
  • Experience supervising staff and/or volunteers
  • Experience developing and designing menus for all occasions
  • Experience working in a culturally diverse environment an asset
  • Experience maintaining confidentiality
  • Knowledge in preparing nutritional meals for seniors, including special diets
  • Excellent leadership, planning, organizational and time management skills
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent problems solving skills with the ability to manage and prioritize competing tasks
  • Detail oriented and resourceful with the ability to take initiative
  • Able to work as part of a team in busy and high-pressure environment
  • Proficient using Microsoft Office, specifically Work and Excel, with some understanding of social media

Working Conditions

  • Working in a very fast paced kitchen environment
  • Exposure to hot temperatures in the kitchen
  • Standing for long periods of time
  • Exposure to hot food and beverages
  • Exposure to sharp and hot kitchen equipment
  • Exposure to seniors with diverse personalities

Other

  • Vulnerable Sector screening required
  • Proof of full vaccination for external applicants

Job Overview

Posted Date: 20 Mar 2024

Location: Scarborough Ontario

Salary: Neg Per Hour

Company Information

Social services organization in Toronto, Ontario

Name: Senior Persons Living Connected

Web: https://www.splc.ca/

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