Sous Chef

Resort Lifestyle Communities (RLC) is a distinguished and fast-growing family-owned company that operates over 60 communities nationwide, focusing on providing exceptional living experiences for seniors. RLC prides itself on fostering a culture of respect, honesty, kindness, compassion, and service excellence, making it more than just a company — it's a mission-driven community dedicated to enhancing the lives of its residents. Each community embodies a resort-style environment that promotes comfort, dignity, and enjoyment for seniors, ensuring that residents not only receive quality care but also experience a vibrant and engaging lifestyle. The company emphasizes its commitment to happy employees, happy residents, full occupancy, and on-budget operations, which collectively contribute to its sustained success and positive reputation in the senior living industry.

The Sous Chef role at RLC is a vital position within this close-knit community-focused company. As Sous Chef, you play an essential role in the culinary operations by ensuring smooth, efficient, and safe kitchen workflows while maintaining the highest standards of quality and cleanliness. Unlike traditional culinary roles, this position offers the unique opportunity to transform everyday meals into meaningful experiences for residents, fostering genuine connections between culinary staff and those they serve. Your culinary expertise will be showcased through preparing a diverse range of dishes that include meats, seafood, poultry, and vegetables using varied cooking techniques such as grilling, broiling, frying, and sautéing.

Beyond the technical skills, the Sous Chef acts as a leader, stepping in to guide the kitchen team in the absence of the Executive Chef. This leadership responsibility extends to mentoring and training culinary team members using RLC’s structured training programs, ensuring that the team consistently delivers meals that delight and satisfy residents’ preferences. Your role also involves meticulous management of food safety protocols, including handling, storing, rotating products properly for freshness, and regularly monitoring temperatures of refrigeration and dish machines to meet health and safety standards. You will participate actively in meetings to contribute innovative ideas and respond constructively to feedback, constantly seeking to elevate the dining experience within the community.

Working at RLC as a Sous Chef means joining a purpose-driven company that values servant-hearted individuals who are passionate about making a difference every day. The position typically follows a lunch and dinner schedule from Tuesday through Saturday, with additional availability required for special holidays and event support. Employment with RLC comes with competitive compensation, a generous benefit stipend to apply towards health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, disability coverage, and flexible spending options like HSA, FSA, and LSA accounts, as well as paid time off and a 401(k) plan with employer match. This comprehensive benefits package supports employee wellbeing and job satisfaction, further underscoring RLC’s commitment to its team members.

By joining Resort Lifestyle Communities as a Sous Chef, you become part of a mission that transcends cooking. You contribute daily to the happiness and wellbeing of residents, support a collaborative and supportive work environment, and develop your culinary and leadership skills in a dynamic, resort-style setting. This role is not just about food preparation; it is about creating moments that matter and building lasting relationships in a community where employees and residents alike thrive.