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Holiday By Atria

Simi Valley, CA 93065 • 10/20/2026

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

At Atria, we believe our employees deserve the opportunity to flourish at work and in life. Through Flourish at Atria, our comprehensive benefits program, we offer resources and opportunities designed to support your health, financial well-being, and professional growth.

  • Medical, dental, life, and vision coverage options
  • Paid holidays & PTO
  • 401(k) employer match
  • Career development, including tuition reimbursement (US-based communities), professional training programs, and mentoring opportunities
  • Employee recognition programs, referral programs, and employee discounts

*Enrollment in benefits varies by employee classification

To us, flourishing means more than having a job. It means having access to resources and opportunities that support you as a whole person. Join Atria and discover a career where you can make a difference while building a future of your own.


Responsibilities

  • Review menus and daily food-production worksheets for instructions.
  • Prepare meals following Holiday menus and recipes while practicing Holiday portion-control standards.
  • Follow safe food-handling procedures.
  • Ensure that food, supplies, and appropriate personnel are available for the meal planned.
  • Oversee preparation and set-up of serving carts.
  • Serve nutritious food, attractively garnished, in a punctual manner.
  • Follow proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food in a timely manner.
  • Complete leftover logs.
  • Ensure temperature logs (cooler, freezer, production sheets, dishwasher) are completed at required time.
  • Follow Holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including the preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, Kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts.
  • Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-complaint issues as needed.
  • Oversee the Food Services staff and overall Kitchen operation in the absence of the Executive Chef and Sous Chef.
  • Ensure that all Cooks and Food Services staff are in appropriate, clean, and neat uniforms.
  • Assign tasks as needed and assist in the set-up of special functions.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to support, practice and deliver the “Holiday Touch” 100% of the time.
  • Must demonstrate high standards of ethics and personal accountability.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  • May be assigned to any other job function in the Holiday Community on a relief basis.

Qualifications

  • Food Handler or SafeServ certification
  • High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
  • Ability to read and write English.
  • Two (2) years’ experience in institutional or full-service restaurant cooking.
  • Ability to prepare and follow Holiday recipes.
  • Knowledge of and ability to conform to Food Services sanitation practices.
  • Ability to communicate in English with residents and other employees.