Cook 2, Culinary

Dept. Trilogy Bickford Ranch – Trilogy® Bickford: The Ridge Wellness Social Club. Located within the Bickford Master Plan, this brand-new 55+ community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains will soon feature The Ridge Wellness Social Club, the social hub perched high on a ridge with stunning views, a resort pool, restaurant, and indoor/outdoor venues for socializing, fitness, and more. Position is located just east of Lincoln in Northern California.

About the role

The Cook 2 is a member of the Food & Beverage Team responsible for food preparation, cooking, and serving. This position reports to the Kitchen Manager or Executive Chef.

Responsibilities

• Work and master one kitchen station; accept responsibility for personal decisions and actions.
• Ensure superior standards of service meet the requirements of guests and employees.
• Proactively exceed guest satisfaction; investigate, quickly respond to, and resolve challenges from guests or employees.
• Follow cleaning schedule and checklist daily to ensure a clean and sanitary environment.
• Familiar with food preparation, cooking, and serving techniques; read cooking instructions.
• Wash, peel, cut, and shred vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
• Measure and mix ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles.
• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods; adjust thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steam kettles.
• Observe and test foods being cooked by tasting, smelling, and noticing visual appearance.
• Carve meats, portion food on serving plates, add gravies and sauces, and garnish servings to fill orders.
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma preferred, or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Minimum of two years’ cooking experience in a commercial kitchen.
• Current Food Handlers card.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or team members.
• Ability to think, work, solve practical problems, and make independent decisions based on sound judgment.
• Demonstrate initiative and accept responsibility for decisions and actions.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and a team player.
• Attention to multiple details; comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where continuous improvement is expected.
• Flexible schedule to include evenings and weekends.

Personal Attributes

• Highly customer oriented and responsive with a high need for closure.
• Able to work under pressure and balance multiple priorities and assignments.
• Strong team-building skills including the ability to lead, cooperate, and motivate.
• Role model who lives the BlueStar core values: Honesty and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit.

Work Environment

This position typically operates in an indoor kitchen environment but may also work at a kitchen station set up for outdoor events, exposed to outdoor weather conditions. Kitchens are equipped with ovens, stoves, dishwashers, slicers, coffee machines, steamers, mixers, and chef’s knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire, and noise. The noise level varies and can be loud. Outdoor environments may require walking on varied terrains while carrying items and navigating typical event obstacles such as groups of people, table setups, decorations, plants, and natural landscape.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Speak and hear, taste and smell.
• Sit, stand, and walk for the duration of a work shift.
• Bend, kneel, or stoop; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequent hand washing.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

The position requires manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills, and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures in a fast-paced environment.

Pay

$22–$23 per hour.

Benefits

• New hourly full-time team members working 30 hours or more per week are eligible for company medical, dental, and life insurance plans the first of the month following 60 days of full-time employment.
• Full-time team members accrue Paid Time Off (PTO) at a rate of 120 hours per year.
• Full-time team members receive 7 paid holidays annually.
• Part-time team members accrue Paid Sick Leave in accordance with state guidelines.
• All team members 21 years and older are eligible to participate in the J.F. Shea Co., Inc. 401(k) plan after completion of 30 days of service.