Cook

About the role

Do you love cooking for people and being part of a team that takes pride in great food? Middlebury College Dining is looking for a Cook to help prepare fresh, high quality meals that fuel our campus community. This is more than a kitchen job - it's a stable, full-time role with great benefits and a supportive team environment.

Responsibilities

• Reviews production sheets and service menus to prepare appropriate food items according to recipes and in adequate volume.
• Prepare proteins, vegetables, fruits, and all other food items for use in recipes to support the daily meal production.
• May prepare items for the salad bar area.
• Prepare and cook items throughout the shift and at individual cook station according to supervisor's instructions, service menu and production sheets.
• Work with all kitchen personnel to ensure proper quality and quantity of food produced in a timely manner that allows us to open our doors on time.
• Assists other cooks as needed as well as other kitchen workers and performs other duties as necessary or as instructed.
• Before service, checks food for taste, consistency, and presentation and corrects known issues or alerts a supervisor.
• Set up service lines with food for meal and varies food production to ensure food is fresh and proper amount is prepared so that shortages or oversupply of food does not occur.
• Clean, sweeps and mops work areas, including counters, floors, dishes and related equipment as needed during the day and after each shift to maintain an orderly kitchen.
• Ensure the highest standard in sanitary kitchen procedures, food preparation, and food storage

Requirements

• Culinary training through a accredited culinary school or vocational program preferred.
• Must be Serve Safe certified or able to successfully pass the exam after hire date.
• Thorough knowledge of quality volume food preparation and production using accurate measurement with standard recipes.
• Knowledge of a variety of cooking methods and techniques, proper safe food handling practices, and skills.
• 1 year of previous food preparation experience required

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural and sporting events (including the College's gym, pool, and events).