Cook - Baltimore County Department of Corrections

About the role

Join our team as a Cook and bring recipes to life while flexing your creativity. Work with fresh ingredients and top-tier equipment, experimenting with different cuisines, flavors, and cooking styles. We prioritize your health with production guidelines and safety procedures to support you in doing what you love.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a variety of food according to production guidelines and standardized recipes.
• Set up workstations with all needed ingredients and equipment.
• Prepare ingredients by measuring, weighing, mixing, chopping, trimming, and peeling food items.
• Safely use a variety of utensils, including knives.
• Operate equipment such as ovens, stoves, slicers, and mixers.
• Apply various cooking methods, including baking, roasting, broiling, steaming, and more on meat, vegetables, and other foods.
• Arrange, garnish, and portion food according to established guidelines.
• Properly store food by adhering to food safety policies and procedures.
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, and utensils.
• Maintain excellent customer service and a positive demeanor toward guests, customers, clients, and co-workers.
• Adhere to Aramark safety policies and procedures, including accurate food safety and sanitation.
• Ensure the security of company assets.
• Adapt to changing job duties or new assignments as needed.

Requirements

• Experience as a cook or in a related role.
• Validated knowledge of basic principles of food preparation, cooking methods, and food safety regulations (e.g., food handling, sanitation, and storage).
• Ability to acquire food safety certification.
• Basic math and counting skills.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

This role may involve physical demands, including lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, extended walking, and standing. Uniforms and/or Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Work/life resources.
• Retirement savings plans, including 401(k).
• Paid days off, including parental leave and disability coverage.

Benefits vary by location and are subject to legal requirements, employee eligibility, and work location.

Pay

The hourly rate for this position is $19.00.