Cook

About the role

The role involves preparing and cooking a variety of hot and cold foods with quality in taste and visual appeal. Responsibilities include participating in the planning, requisitioning, handling, storing, and serving processes, maintaining a clean and sanitary work area, and practicing food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently requisitions, inspects, prepares, cooks, cools, and portions large and small quantities of meats, vegetables, cereals, soups, fruits, and other forms of food in accordance with quality standards, quantity demands, and standardized recipes.
• Recommends recipes, menus, and changes in recipes and cooking methods to improve the quality of food; forecasts specific quantities of menu items to be produced; maintains necessary food production records.
• Forecasts production and utilizes leftovers to maintain efficient waste control program.
• Processes food for storage and cooling following regulatory codes. Labels and dates items as required.
• Maintains organized, clean production area, equipment, utensils, and tools.
• Cleans work area, including but not limited to, ovens, stoves, grills, and tables.
• Lifts trays and pans of food from ovens, steamers, and other equipment.
• Assists in other areas as required.
• Maintains organized, clean production area, equipment, utensils, and tools.
• Cleans work area, including but not limited to, ovens, stoves, grills, and tables.
• Lifts trays and pans of food from ovens, steamers, and other equipment.
• Assists in other areas as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Two years’ experience in restaurant or food service preferred.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training for child and dependent adult abuse within three (3) months of hire.

Qualifications

• Adaptable to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures sequence or pace.
• Adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency, critical or unusual situations in which working speed and sustained attention are important aspects of the job.
• Adaptable to influencing people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things.
• Adaptable to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptable to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Adaptable to making generalizations, evaluations or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

Skills

• Adaptable to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures sequence or pace.
• Adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency, critical or unusual situations in which working speed and sustained attention are important aspects of the job.
• Adaptable to influencing people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things.
• Adaptable to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptable to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Adaptable to making generalizations, evaluations or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Shift Day Shift.