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About this job

Job Overview: The Cook I will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below. Senior Living or Healthcare experience prefered. 

General Responsibilities:

•Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short preparation time.

•May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.

•Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.

•Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.

•Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.

•Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.

•Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.

•Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.

•May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all Sodexo, client and regulatory rules and procedures.

•Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.

•Complies with all HACCP policies and procedures.

•Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.

•Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.

•Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.

•Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.

•May receive inventory, move and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.

 

POSITION PROFILE 

•May produce some batch goods using basic cooking techniques.

•May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Experience/Knowledge:

•High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience preferred.

• 2 years of related work experience.

•Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures preferred.

Skills/Aptitude:

Must be able to work nights, weekends and some holidays.

•Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.

•Ability to maintain a positive attitude.

•Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.

•Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.

•Good working knowledge of food preparation.

•Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment.

•Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised

General Qualifications:

•Willingness to be open to learning and growing.

•Maturity of judgment and behavior.

•Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.

•Maintains a positive attitude.

•Ability to work a flexible schedule.

•Must comply with any dress code requirements.

 

•Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity