Baker / Pastry Chef
About the role
The Baker / Pastry Chef will be responsible for preparing and serving meals in a skilled nursing facility setting. The position requires understanding of therapeutic diets, food safety and sanitation, menu planning, and cooking skills.
Responsibilities
- Nutrition and Special Diets: Understanding of therapeutic diets and basic nutrition principles for older adults and veterans.
- Food Safety and Sanitation: Knowledge of safe food handling procedures and local, state, and federal food safety regulations.
- Menu Planning and Food Preparation: Ability to follow standardized recipes and menus, familiar with batch cooking and portion control.
- Cooking Skills: Proficiency in preparing meals from scratch using various cooking techniques, ability to adjust recipes for texture-modified diets.
- Time Management: Ability to coordinate and prepare meals on time for multiple meal periods, efficient multitasking in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
- Communication: Clear communication with dietary aides, nursing staff, and supervisors, ability to document food temperatures and meal changes accurately.
- Teamwork: Collaborative work with dietary team members to ensure timely and accurate meal delivery.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to adjust menus and meals based on resident needs or supply availability.
- Attention to Detail: Accuracy in following diet orders and preventing cross-contamination for allergens.
Requirements
High School Diploma or equivalent, experience baking/ preparing foods, previous experience working in a skilled nursing facility a plus, must be ServSafe certified.
Qualifications
High School Diploma or equivalent
Experience baking/ preparing foods
Previous experience working in a skilled nursing facility a plus
Must be ServSafe certified
Skills
Understanding of therapeutic diets, basic nutrition principles, food safety and sanitation, menu planning and food preparation, cooking skills, time management, clear communication, teamwork, adaptability, attention to detail.
Benefits
N/A
Pay
Hiring Range: $21.63 - $24.04
Schedule
Full-Time (Salaried)