Executive Chef

Heather Hills Senior Living Bring hospitality-level dining to senior living. At Heather Hills, we believe dining should be one of the best parts of the resident experience. We’re looking for an Executive Chef who can build a strong culinary program, lead a high-performing team, and create food our residents, families, and guests genuinely look forward to. This role owns the kitchen from menu development to execution, people to performance, and food quality to financial discipline.

You’ll probably love this role if you like to:

• Create menus instead of simply following them
• Lead from the kitchen, not just the office
• Build and develop a culinary team
• Raise standards around food quality, presentation, and service
• Listen to residents and turn feedback into a better dining experience
• Balance creativity with food cost, labor, waste, and budget discipline
• Design dining experiences for everyday meals, special events, and guests
• Bring hospitality thinking into senior living
• Take ownership when something is not working and make it better

What You’ll Own

As Executive Chef, you’ll oversee the full culinary operation, including:

• Menu design, recipe development, and plate presentation
• Daily food preparation and dining service
• Food quality, freshness, consistency, and presentation
• Hiring, scheduling, training, coaching, and development of culinary staff
• Ordering, procurement, inventory, food cost, and waste management
• Department budgets, forecasting, timecards, and payroll
• Food safety, sanitation, and regulatory compliance
• Modified diets and texture requirements
• Resident and guest satisfaction
• Special events and dining experiences
• Kitchen equipment, cleanliness, and overall department standards

What We’re Looking For We’re looking for someone with real culinary credibility and real leadership ability.

Ideally, you bring:

• Professional culinary experience in senior living, hospitality, resorts, hotels, clubs, restaurants, or another high-volume environment
• Previous experience leading a kitchen and culinary team
• Strong menu-development and food-production skills
• Knowledge of food cost, purchasing, sanitation, inventory, and kitchen operations
• Strong communication and people-leadership skills
• An eye for quality, presentation, and the guest experience
• Ability to run a disciplined operation without losing creativity
• Food handler certification
• Culinary education and 2+ years of culinary management experience preferred

Benefits

• Weekly Pay
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Growth opportunities with Cardinal Senior Living

Why Heather Hills? Because here, food matters. Dining is one of the most visible and personal parts of daily life in senior living. It shapes routines, celebrations, family visits, and the overall resident experience. The Executive Chef at Heather Hills has the opportunity to raise the bar across every part of the culinary operation. If you’re the kind of chef who wants to build a team, create an experience, run a disciplined kitchen, and serve food people are excited to talk about, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and help us raise the standard for dining at Heather Hills.