Assistant Chef

About the role

We exist so families can get better together. Each night, we keep 181 families close to the care and resources they need through six area Ronald McDonald Houses® and four Ronald McDonald Family Rooms®. Enabling families to stay close to their hospitalized child supports the health and well-being of the child and saves families more than $10 million in hotel and food costs each year. We also operate the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® program, providing medical care to children in underserved areas.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chef in executing a safe and healthy food service program with 85% scratch cooking that will deliver quality, variety, service, cleanliness and value for Ronald McDonald House families, volunteers and staff (including internal house events, functions and meetings).
• Manage and enforce all food safety and sanitation requirements and practices to maintain high standards of quality control, hygiene, health, and safety.
• Oversee and participate in the safe preparation and serving of food with attention to portion size control and timely service.
• Cook and serve meals to 80-120 guests per meal, including two meals daily and grab-and-go items for families.
• Coordinate and oversee the operation of our kitchen, dining room and storage areas including maintaining equipment, ensuring cleanliness, and inventory while on shift.
• Assist in providing direction, coordination and supervision to volunteer meal groups and meal helpers in collaboration with the Volunteer Manager.
• Greet volunteers and orient them to the kitchen. Provide a high-quality service experience to both families and volunteers.
• Follow established recipes and food serving guidelines set by the Chef.
• Serve as primary back-up to Chef.
• Work closely with RMH staff to ensure menu options are communicated to potential meal group volunteers and families.
• Help maintain an inventory supply system to stock pantries and minimize waste, utilizing first in/first out procedures.
• Direct kitchen volunteer duties for efficient use of labor utilizing daily and weekly cleaning schedules.
• Stay current in the field by pursuing opportunities for professional development.
• Comply with all RMHC-CNI policies and procedures.

Requirements

• A minimum of 1 year of culinary experience.
• Degree in the culinary field or equivalent experience.
• Must have food handler and ServSafe certifications or obtain within 30 days of employment.

Qualifications

• Ability to plan and prepare meals and lead, instruct and empower volunteer meal groups.
• The ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally and be a strong representative of our House and brand.
• Compassionate, professional, personable, friendly and approachable demeanor with an inclination for teaching, aligned to our mission and standard of care.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills.
• Understanding nutrition, food costing and sourcing, meal production and planning.
• Knowledge of health and safety rules and regulations pertaining to commercial food establishments including sanitation and maintenance regulations.
• Knowledge of commercial restaurant equipment.

Skills

• Ability to follow procedures used in ordering, receiving, storing, and inventorying food and supplies.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life
• Short-term
• and long-term disability
• voluntary employee/spouse/child life insurance
• Flexible Spending
• Dependent Care
• and Commuter Benefit Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• PTO

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time position scheduled to work from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., either Tuesday through Saturday or Wednesday through Sunday. The schedule will be determined in partnership with the manager and will remain consistent once established.