Cook

About the role

As a Cook, you will carry out our Mission of Love by providing the best quality dining service, through continuous training, to maintain an enjoyable dining experience for our residents in a clean, healthy, and safe environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides an enjoyable dining experience for our residents while maintaining a clean, healthy, and safe environment.
• Reports upon first notice any environmental situation which could pose a threat to the safety or well-being of the Masonic Village Residents.
• Uses best practices related to the safe and sanitary handling, preparation, storage, and service of foods, including proper hand washing, wearing gloves, changing gloves frequently, maintaining a clean uniform, sanitizing work surfaces and tools between uses, proper dating, labeling, and rotation of food products.
• Monitors, maintains, and documents temperatures for food and for refrigerator / freezer units.
• Reports out of range temperatures to supervisor upon first notice.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation and cooking of all food items to the highest quality standards.
• Responsible for monitoring meals and to take appropriate corrective actions in response to identified irregularities in flavor, appearance, temperature of food products.
• Return disposal of food waste in safe and hygienic manner.
• Responsible for producing forecasted amounts utilizing Production Worksheets, using corrective recipe for consistency, and monitoring and recording temperatures for all food served.
• Documents amounts prepared and leftover to support in the management and ordering of foods.

Requirements

• Two years of related experience required.
• Ability to read, understand and follow standardized recipes and production sheets.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or certificate in culinary arts issued by an accredited culinary school preferred; equivalent experience may be considered in place of degree or certificate.
• Strong knowledge of sanitation practices and food services regulations preferred.

Skills

• Good written, oral, organizational, and basic computer skills.
• Experience preparing a wide variety of foods, including soups, sauces, and gravies preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive industry-leading benefits package