Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa is currently searching for a passionate Executive Chef to join our talented kitchen staff! Please visit our careers page at www.ardenhills.net > Contact Us > Careers at Arden Hills to view the complete job description.

Job Summary: With a client service approach, The Executive Chef will organize, plan and direct the progress of all food production. The Executive Chef will be active in planning, budgeting, and creating all menu items, banquet menu packages, and management of kitchen staff.

Status: Full-time exempt, plus benefits

Essential Functions:
•Able to work independently, overseeing food production for all food outlets and banquet functions including events, Mangos, Sprouts, Spa, Salon, Poolside and Deckside services.
•Able to develop menus, food purchase specifications, and recipes representative of the high-quality Wellness brand that we represent.
•Directly supervise all production staff of all food outlets
•Use a “hands-on” approach to management. Responsible for guiding and developing staff including direct reports. Ability to supervise large staff and accomplish goals on a timely basis.
•Instill a guest service attitude in all employees.
•Exhibit working knowledge of food cost, inventories, payroll percentages, best practices (line checks), and purchasing, i.e. produce, seafood, etc.
•Accountable for building systems for the departments to ensure optimum kitchen and production efficiency.
•Lead by example with proper uniform and grooming standards; ensure that all staff are following company policy with appropriate uniforms at all times.
•Maintain food storage, receiving, rotating & stocking as par levels dictate.
•Meet all health department standards for safe food handling.
•Coordinate the purchase of all food and develop menus while maintaining approved food costs; adapt menu pricing based upon food cost.
•Must have strong inventory control skills and conduct accurate inventory on a monthly basis.
•Conduct meetings, menu briefings and maintain communication lines between line staff and Management.
•Consistent and professional communication with General Manager and other department Managers to ensure appropriate food distribution in all areas.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience:

Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required:
•High School diploma.
•Culinary degree is required.
•Valid Serv Safe certificate

Minimum Experience required:
•Minimum of five years experience as Sous Chef.
•Two plus years of experience as an Executive Chef is preferred.

To Apply:
Reply to job-pedjn-2819986041@craigslist.org with your resume, salary requirements, and references in Word or PDF format only. All candidates will be subject to passing a pre-employment drug screen.

Averaging 3,000 yards four to five days a week in the pool, practicing resistance and circuit training and paddling his surfboard up and down the American River and around Lake Natoma has certainly sustained his physical fitness. Physical fitness aside, however, Chris, his wife of 19 years, Claudia, and his two daughters, Paige and Brooke, utilize Arden Hills as a destination for socialization, indulgence, and relaxation.

Coffee is an absolute routine for some and for others it is a sporadic consumption for a simple caffeine boost.  For both, however, it is a step in the right direction for preventive health care.  Numerous studies have concluded that coffee, whether caffeinated or decaffeinated, consumed at higher amounts, can aid in the prevention of (1) Type 2 Diabetes, (2) Heart Disease, and (3) Endometrial Cancer.

Frank Hu, MD, MPH, PhD, Nutrition and Epidemiology Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, explains that habitual coffee intake is beneficial in reducing the risk for Type 2 Diabetes as the magnesium and chromium levels aid the body in using insulin to control the blood sugar level.  Additionally, coffee, which is packed with antioxidants, can prevent heart disease reducing risk by 13% in women and 28% in men.  Specific to women, Hu’s colleague, Edward Giovannucci, MD, found that long-term coffee drinkers are less likely to have endometrial cancer.  For 26 years he studied over 60,000 women observing 627 with the disease and concluded that drinking 4+ cups per day resulted in a 25% reduced risk for endometrial cancer. 

Overall, benefiting from coffee must come from a larger daily consumption (2-3 cups) over a longer period of time.  Think that’s a lot to drink? Let’s look at it this way: the average medium coffee purchased is between 16 and 18 ounces equaling just over two cups.  Today’s one cup is more like two, so drink up!

For more information on membership, please contact Shelley Penick at spenick@ardenhills.net.

By:  Lisa Taylor Boes

Farm Fresh These eggs are typically priced the cheapest, going for around $0.99 a dozen.  Why so cheap?  Well, these chickens are treated like machines to produce as many eggs as possible while only being fed the cheapest food available.  In addition, these chickens are caged with no ability to roam.

Cage-Free Generally priced around $2.50 a dozen, these eggs are generated from chickens who are not caged.  But, to be cage-free does not necessarily grant access to the outside world.  While they can roam, they cannot go outside.  Remember though, these chickens are also being fed ground up cow or poultry parts (like some Farm Fresh chickens).  So, if you’re a vegetarian you can stay in the same price range so long as you ensure the label states “Vegetarian Feed”, “All Natural” or “Omega-3 Enhanced.”  Keep in mind, however, these three distinctions do not mean the chicken is cage-free, simply on a healthier diet.

Free-Range The notion of free-range simply takes the price from $2.50 to $4.00.  While the animals are able to roam and have access to the outdoors, this does not mean that they actually experience the outdoors.  All that is required in order to be free-range is the option to access the outdoors, but nothing more. 

Certified Organic Entering the $4-$5 range, these chickens receive a vegetarian certified organic diet while also having the ability to roam.  Though, not unlike the cage-free category, these chickens are not caged, but typically do not have access outdoors.

Pasture Raised Eggs jump around $10 a dozen with this label.  These eggs are produced from chickens that are free to roam wherever they like eating grass seed, grains, insects, worms, and, naturally, what is best for a chicken’s diet. 

Overall, it’s more than just a price tag.  For some, it becomes an ethical issue and a health issue.  Whether or not you find an animal being caged cruel or not, the nutrient quality of the egg is dependent upon what it is being fed.  With that being said the best nutritional value eggs (proving to contain almost 20% less cholesterol) are those labeled, “Vegetarian Feed”, “All Natural”, “Certified Organic” or “Pasture Raised.”

One of the most important factors to a good hairstyle is suitability to your face.  Despite executing the cut of hairstyle properly, a hairstyle can still reflect poorly on a person if not depicted on the right face shape.  This is because hairstyles are predominately about shape and geometry.  A proper hairstyle should perfectly frame a person’s face to balance and bring perspective to the overall shape. 

The oval face is the most versatile shape.  You can pull off almost any look: short or long, straight or wavy.  If you have oval bone structure, consider an angular bob that shows off your chin. 

Round face shapes tend to be smaller and circular.  To make your face appear longer and leaner, create less volume around the face.  Try cuts that fall just below the chin like the long bob.  Soft graduated layers can create the illusion of a slimmer face and remove bulk from the sides. 

Square face shapes tend to have a strong and broad forehead and an angular jaw.  Texture, in the form of curls or choppy ends will soften your jaw line.  Try short, spiky cuts and long sleek styles with layers that start at the jaw line and continue downward. 

Heart shaped faces tend to have a narrow jaw line and are wider at the forehead and cheekbones.  Draw attention to your eyes and cheekbones with side-swept bangs, brow-grazing fringe, or hair that falls at or below your jaw line.  Short hair tends to look great on you, especially the pixie hairstyle.