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Presbyterian Homes & Services - Highland Path is seeking a Nutrition & Culinary Services Director to join our team. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director is responsible for planning, organizing, developing, evaluating and effectively directing the Nutrition & Culinary Services staff and program in order to ensure the delivery of high quality customer meals and dining services consistent with regulations and established best practices.
REPORTING STRUCTURE: The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director reports to the Site Leader. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director directly supervises Nutrition & Culinary Services staff including Supervisors, Cooks/Chefs, and Servers. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director oversees the use of contracted services for the Nutrition & Culinary Services program.
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
Highland Path
1925 Norfolk Ave
St. Paul, MN 55116
Highland Path is located in one of St. Paul’s favorite neighborhoods. With independent living, assisted living and memory care apartment homes, Highland Path offers the support and care seniors need to maintain their independence; along with a wealth of amenities designed to keep residents engaged, active and happy!
This community offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Assisted Living with Memory Care.
Nearby towns include: Roseville, Richfield, Mendota Heights, and Maplewood.
Responsibilities:
The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director has responsibility as a member of the site leadership team to participate in the planning and implementation of strategies and programming that assure high quality customer meals while achieving short and long-term operational goals and objectives for the site.
Customer Meals
- Oversee the meal preparation and service based on established menus, regulations, established policies, procedures and best practices.
- Assist with the meal process as necessary.
- Regularly solicit customer feedback and incorporate solutions regarding the quality and satisfaction with meals served into meal and service planning.
- Develop menus and recipes that are attractive, nutritious and palatable with a focus on customer requests/satisfaction.
- Maintain and monitor accurate meal documentation records per established procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective communication systems with all customers.
Customer Dining
- Create a positive dining experience for customers that promotes their independence, choice and overall well being.
- Encourage resident participation in the dining program, and meal activities.
- Oversee the entire dining process for all customers.
Nutrition Program
- Oversee the meal preparation and service based on established menus, regulations, established policies, procedures and best practices.
- Assist with the meal process as necessary.
- Regularly solicit customer feedback and incorporate solutions regarding the quality and satisfaction with meals served into meal and service planning.
- Develop menus and recipes that are attractive, nutritious and palatable with a focus on customer requests/satisfaction.
- Maintain and monitor accurate meal documentation records per established procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective communication systems with all customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Housing and Assisted Living: Current Food Safety Certification.
- Three to five (3 - 5) years’ leadership experience in food service.
- Demonstrated competencies in food service management and operations, quality management, staff development, cooking, clinical nutrition for the elderly, and community outreach.
- Must have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, coworkers, family members, visitors, and the general public.
- Demonstrated compatibility with PHS's mission and operating philosophies.
- Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language to communicate with all customers.
PAY RANGE: The estimated starting pay range for this role is $61,277 - $76,565 per year. This good faith estimate is based upon PHS’s typical starting pay range for this role. Actual pay range depends upon many factors including each individual employee’s qualifications and market conditions and is subject to change.
BENEFITS:
Full-time benefits-eligible employment begins at a minimum of 30 hours per week:
- Health, and dental, including applicable HSA & FSA
- Employer Contribution to HSA for eligible Health Plans
- Life insurance (AD&D)
- Retirement, with eligibility for an employer match
- Holiday pay and extended sick
Full and Part-time benefits-eligible employment working between 20-29 hours per week:
- Vision insurance
- Voluntary short-term & long-term disability
- Accident & hospitalization coverage
- Education assistance programs
All employees:
- Accrue PTO (Paid time off)
- Same-day pay
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- College partnership educational discounts
- Access to Learn to Live Resources
ABOUT PHS:
Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS), based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a nonprofit, faith-based organization providing a broad array of high-quality housing choices, care and services options for older adults. Some 8,000 employees serve more than 41,800 older adults through 60 PHS-affiliated senior living communities in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and through Optage® home and community services. PHS is also co-owner of Genevive, the largest geriatric primary care practice in Minnesota, providing comprehensive care for more than 15,500 older adults. Established in 1955, PHS has earned the reputation as an innovative leader dedicated to promoting independence, purposeful living and the overall well-being for those they serve. Today, PHS is one of the largest nonprofit providers of senior housing and services in the nation.
PHS is an EEO/AA employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
Overview:
Presbyterian Homes & Services - Highland Path is seeking a Nutrition & Culinary Services Director to join our team. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director is responsible for planning, organizing, developing, evaluating and effectively directing the Nutrition & Culinary Services staff and program in order to ensure the delivery of high quality customer meals and dining services consistent with regulations and established best practices.
REPORTING STRUCTURE: The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director reports to the Site Leader. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director directly supervises Nutrition & Culinary Services staff including Supervisors, Cooks/Chefs, and Servers. The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director oversees the use of contracted services for the Nutrition & Culinary Services program.
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
Highland Path
1925 Norfolk Ave
St. Paul, MN 55116
Highland Path is located in one of St. Paul’s favorite neighborhoods. With independent living, assisted living and memory care apartment homes, Highland Path offers the support and care seniors need to maintain their independence; along with a wealth of amenities designed to keep residents engaged, active and happy!
This community offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Assisted Living with Memory Care.
Nearby towns include: Roseville, Richfield, Mendota Heights, and Maplewood.
Responsibilities:
The Nutrition & Culinary Services Director has responsibility as a member of the site leadership team to participate in the planning and implementation of strategies and programming that assure high quality customer meals while achieving short and long-term operational goals and objectives for the site.
Customer Meals
- Oversee the meal preparation and service based on established menus, regulations, established policies, procedures and best practices.
- Assist with the meal process as necessary.
- Regularly solicit customer feedback and incorporate solutions regarding the quality and satisfaction with meals served into meal and service planning.
- Develop menus and recipes that are attractive, nutritious and palatable with a focus on customer requests/satisfaction.
- Maintain and monitor accurate meal documentation records per established procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective communication systems with all customers.
Customer Dining
- Create a positive dining experience for customers that promotes their independence, choice and overall well being.
- Encourage resident participation in the dining program, and meal activities.
- Oversee the entire dining process for all customers.
Nutrition Program
- Oversee the meal preparation and service based on established menus, regulations, established policies, procedures and best practices.
- Assist with the meal process as necessary.
- Regularly solicit customer feedback and incorporate solutions regarding the quality and satisfaction with meals served into meal and service planning.
- Develop menus and recipes that are attractive, nutritious and palatable with a focus on customer requests/satisfaction.
- Maintain and monitor accurate meal documentation records per established procedures.
- Establish and maintain effective communication systems with all customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Housing and Assisted Living: Current Food Safety Certification.
- Three to five (3 - 5) years’ leadership experience in food service.
- Demonstrated competencies in food service management and operations, quality management, staff development, cooking, clinical nutrition for the elderly, and community outreach.
- Must have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, coworkers, family members, visitors, and the general public.
- Demonstrated compatibility with PHS's mission and operating philosophies.
- Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language to communicate with all customers.
PAY RANGE: The estimated starting pay range for this role is $61,277 - $76,565 per year. This good faith estimate is based upon PHS’s typical starting pay range for this role. Actual pay range depends upon many factors including each individual employee’s qualifications and market conditions and is subject to change.
BENEFITS:
Full-time benefits-eligible employment begins at a minimum of 30 hours per week:
- Health, and dental, including applicable HSA & FSA
- Employer Contribution to HSA for eligible Health Plans
- Life insurance (AD&D)
- Retirement, with eligibility for an employer match
- Holiday pay and extended sick
Full and Part-time benefits-eligible employment working between 20-29 hours per week:
- Vision insurance
- Voluntary short-term & long-term disability
- Accident & hospitalization coverage
- Education assistance programs
All employees:
- Accrue PTO (Paid time off)
- Same-day pay
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- College partnership educational discounts
- Access to Learn to Live Resources
ABOUT PHS:
Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS), based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a nonprofit, faith-based organization providing a broad array of high-quality housing choices, care and services options for older adults. Some 8,000 employees serve more than 41,800 older adults through 60 PHS-affiliated senior living communities in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and through Optage® home and community services. PHS is also co-owner of Genevive, the largest geriatric primary care practice in Minnesota, providing comprehensive care for more than 15,500 older adults. Established in 1955, PHS has earned the reputation as an innovative leader dedicated to promoting independence, purposeful living and the overall well-being for those they serve. Today, PHS is one of the largest nonprofit providers of senior housing and services in the nation.
PHS is an EEO/AA employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Culinary Director
Frame your credentials around degree requirements
Your H-1B petition depends on the role qualifying as a specialty occupation. Document how your culinary degree underpins your director-level duties, menu development strategy, and food safety oversight, not just your years of experience in the kitchen.
Look up prevailing wages before negotiating
Your employer must certify your offered wage meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job title. Run your SOC code through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting any offer to verify compliance from the start.
Target hotel groups and institutional food operators
Large hotel brands, healthcare systems, and university dining operations have dedicated HR teams that handle H-1B filings regularly. Use Migrate Mate to identify which employers in your target city have verified H-1B LCA sponsorship history for culinary leadership roles.
Confirm each worksite gets its own LCA
If your Culinary Director role spans multiple restaurant locations or venues, your employer must file a separate certified LCA for each worksite. Clarify this with HR before your petition is filed to avoid compliance gaps that could jeopardize your status.
Get your employer to file premium processing
USCIS premium processing upgrades adjudication to 15 business days. For culinary leadership roles with start dates tied to a restaurant opening or fiscal calendar, ask your employer to include premium processing in the I-129 filing from the outset.
Use O*NET to anchor your specialty occupation argument
The O*NET occupation profile for Culinary Directors lists the knowledge domains and educational benchmarks adjudicators reference. Pull the relevant tasks and education requirements from O*NET and make sure your offer letter and petition align with that language.
H-1B Visa Culinary Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Culinary Director role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Not automatically. A Culinary Director role qualifies only when the employer structures it to require at least a bachelor's degree in culinary arts, food science, hospitality management, or a directly related field. Roles built around trade skills or on-the-job experience without a formal degree requirement will not meet the specialty occupation standard. Sponsoring employers typically document the degree requirement in the job description and petition.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for Culinary Director roles?
Search Migrate Mate for Culinary Director openings at employers with verified H-1B LCA sponsorship history. Large hotel groups, healthcare systems with patient dining programs, and corporate campus dining operators are the most consistent H-1B sponsors at the director level, since they have dedicated HR infrastructure to manage the filing process.
What documents do I need to support a Culinary Director H-1B petition?
Your employer will need your academic transcripts, degree certificates, and any professional credentials in culinary arts or food management. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation from a USCIS-recognized evaluator is required. You should also prepare a detailed resume that maps your duties to degree-level knowledge, which supports the specialty occupation argument in the I-129 petition.
Can my employer sponsor me if the Culinary Director role covers multiple restaurant locations?
Yes, but each worksite requires its own certified LCA filed with DOL before USCIS can approve the petition. If your role routinely moves between locations, your employer needs to account for all worksites in the filing. A single LCA tied to one address does not cover you at unlisted venues, so confirm the full worksite list with HR before the petition is submitted.
How long does H-1B status last for a Culinary Director position?
USCIS grants H-1B status for up to three years on initial approval, with an extension available for an additional three years, reaching a six-year maximum. If your employer begins a green card sponsorship process through PERM before you hit the six-year cap, certain extensions beyond six years may be available under AC21 portability rules.