Job Description

Work Hours That Work Around Your Life!

Bring your creative culinary skills and desire to work in a safe, comfortable, and climate-controlled environment. Our mission for our residents is that the later years of life are filled with the potential for love, growth, friendship, peace, and dignity, succeeds, in part, because of our culinary staff. Our Quaker value-centered work environment is a family atmosphere where residents and staff thrive.

The culinary staff create exciting and delicious cuisine and, at times, serve foods with an international flair with special themed dinners and parties. Some ingredients are even grown by residents in their hydroponic gardens. As the Sous Chef, you will be responsible for maintaining culinary service kitchen operations by preparing meals for our dining venues and catered events all while achieving a high degree of resident satisfaction. Implementing menus and supervising food preparation and sanitation in culinary service areas will be part of your responsibilities, as well as managing staff effectively on a daily basis and the overall supervision of the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef. This position is full-time, 40 hours a week, working from 12:00pm - 8:30pm. and involves working every other weekend and every other holiday.

Community Location:

Located near West Chester, PA, Wilmington, DE, and Maryland, our community is nestled on 500 acres of rolling hills, green meadows, and beautiful gardens. Adjacent to famous Longwood Gardens, residents and staff enjoy the local cultural opportunities, vibrant towns, and working in an oasis in the heart of the Brandywine valley.