Executive Chef (Columbus)

Wallick Communities
Columbus, OH
Description

Executive Chef

Location: The Ashford on Broad
Job Type: Full Time

Make a Difference—And Own Your Future

At Wallick Senior Living, our team understands that senior living is not just a job, but a calling. We take pride in caring for and empowering our residents as they choose to enjoy their golden years with us. With 1,000+ employees and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

A Career with Wallick Senior Living Means…
  • A Unique Approach to Senior Living : Our associate’s power Wallick’s approach to senior living that goes beyond care to ensure our residents live their best lives through meaningful activities, delicious meals and round-the-clock support.
  • Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.
  • Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job. Other benefits like gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
  • Supportive Culture and Rewarding Work: A team-oriented environment where associates make a meaningful impact by helping individuals maintain independence and quality of life.
  • Resident Stories That Stay with You : From Maurine, who found an “instant family” to Evelyn, who recently celebrated her 105th birthday with us, our residents enjoy a sense of community that is created by you !
  • Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people.
  • Employee Owned, Resident Focused : As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.
What You’ll Do
  • Responsible for management of day-to-day operations of the kitchen to include staffing, training, budgeting, and forecasting.
  • Oversight and supervision of all kitchen staff and servers for day to day and long-term operations to include hiring, training, and developing associates.
  • Responsible for ensuring menu quality, consistency and creativity are at the highest level while maximizing resources.
  • Oversee all production of food.
  • Maintain visibility to customers, soliciting/requesting feedback on food quality and responds to guest concerns appropriately and professionally to resolve any issues.
  • Assure that adequate supplies are maintained.
  • Maintain kitchen equipment.
  • Maintains Kitchen, Walk Ins, Dry Storage to acceptable sanitation requirements.
  • Maintain control of the yearly budget for payroll for the Food Service Department.
  • Staying current on industry trends and techniques.
  • Review and approval of all Food Service invoices for accuracy.
  • Maintain and use approved vendors for services and supplies.
  • Assist with development and implementation of culinary standards, guidelines, and procedures company wide.
  • Accountable for meeting or exceeding all State and company sanitation requirements.
What We’re Looking For
  • 3 or more years of culinary leadership experience in independent or assisted living is desirable or 3 or more years’ experience as a culinary leader with growing responsibility.
  • Must meet State Board of Health requirements.
  • Must understand safety procedures.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills to work with all levels of co-workers, residents, family members and business partners. Ability to read, analyze and interpret reports.
  • Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from internal and external sources.
  • Must be proficient using Microsoft Office.
  • Effective in making complex decisions requiring a high degree of judgment.
  • Knowledge of all phases of food administration, cost control and familiarity of all food service required.
  • Ability to understand and analyze Budget & P&L Statements.
  • Proven leadership and critical thinking skills required.
  • Must possess excellent customer service and employee relations skills.
Wallick’s Mission & Values

At Wallick Communities, we believe in opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope for our residents, associates, and community. Our core values guide everything we do:
  • Care – We show compassion and respect for everyone.
  • Character – We do the right thing, even when no one is looking.
  • Collaboration – We work together to achieve more.
At Wallick, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging (DEI+B) in our workplace and communities, creating an environment where associates feel welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to the great work they do every day.

For nearly 60 years, it has been at the core of our organization’s culture that all Wallick associates come to a safe and inclusive place to work. Wallick does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

Join Us and Become an Employee-Owner!

If you're ready to make a difference in people’s lives while securing your financial future, apply today!

*Employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen .
Posted 2026-03-10

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