Cook (Day Shift or Swing Shift)

About the role

The Cook position is available within the Health center at Timber Ridge at Talus, a Silver LEED-certified Life Plan Community located in Issaquah, Washington. This role offers a unique blend of an all-inclusive lifestyle, superior hospitality, and beautiful surroundings.

Responsibilities

• Prepares all soups, stocks, sauces; boils, braises, and roasts items as per standardized recipes.
• Prepares and serves all sautéed, fried, grilled, steamed, and baked items as per standardized recipes.
• Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served, following standard recipes and special diet orders.
• Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and sees that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production.
• Maintains assigned workstation in a safe and sanitary condition.
• Maintains acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with department dress code.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions, as assigned.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively and perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
• A minimum of two years’ experience as a cook in a hotel, restaurant, club, or similar institution.
• Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications, and standards.
• Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance.
• Some knowledge of nutrition and diet.
• Basic understanding of English.

Qualifications

• Must be able to stand or walk for up to 8 hours per day.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, and stretch frequently throughout the day.
• Moderate to heavy physical effort needed infrequently.
• Manual dexterity for preparing food.
• Ability to use standard industrial kitchen appliances required.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. independently.
• May be exposed to extreme temperatures (freezers and stoves-range burners) for short periods of time.
• May be exposed to industrial cleaning chemicals.
• Must be able to see, hear, and communicate with others.