Cook - Assisted Living
Location: Cedar Mountain Commons (10007)
Shift: Rotating schedule of 6AM to 2:30PM and 10:30AM to 7:00PM, including weekends and holidays. Restaurant-style environment.
About the role
Join a team of over 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues where every moment matters. The Food and Nutrition Department at Cedar Mountain Commons provides residents with restaurant-style service daily. Residents are seniors in an independent living environment with full-service community benefits. This role offers the opportunity to serve familiar faces in a teamwork-oriented setting focused on resident satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Prepare food according to selected menus, approved recipes, and production sheets with knowledge of quantity cooking.
- Complete preparation of all food items in a timely manner, ensuring foods meet required serving temperatures.
- Under the direction of the manager, utilize creativity in garnishing, decorating, and developing new recipes.
- Comply with stringent health, sanitation, safety, HACCP, and food handling standards.
- Adhere to quality and cost containment standards.
- Report to the appropriate Food Services Manager.
Requirements
- 1 year of cooking experience or 3 years of directly related food service experience.
- Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English.
- Basic math skills for recipe quantity calculations, including adjusting quantities based on census or volume.
- Writing skills for completing production records and documenting logs and other reports.
Benefits
Hartford HealthCare offers a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance, along with opportunities for career development and growth across multiple locations.