Cook - Fordham Lincoln Center
Aramark · New York, United States · 1 wk ago
On-siteManagement$18.58/hrFull-time
About the role
Join our team as a Cook and bring recipes to life while flexing your creativity. You’ll work with fresh ingredients and top-tier equipment, experimenting with diverse cuisines, flavors, and cooking styles. We prioritize your health with production guidelines and safety procedures to support you in doing what you love.
Pay
The hourly rate for this position is $18.58.
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, legal requirements, and employee eligibility. Learn more about Aramark benefits.
Responsibilities
- Prepare a variety of food according to production guidelines and standardized recipes
- Set up workstations with all needed ingredients and equipment
- Measure, weigh, mix, chop, trim, and peel food items
- Safely use utensils, including knives, and operate equipment such as ovens, stoves, slicers, and mixers
- Apply various cooking methods, including baking, roasting, broiling, steaming, and sautéing
- Arrange, garnish, and portion food according to established guidelines
- Store food properly 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 coworkers
- Adhere to Aramark safety policies and procedures, including accurate food safety and sanitation
- Ensure security of company assets
Job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice to meet business needs.
Requirements
- Experience as a cook or in a related role
- Validated knowledge of food preparation principles, cooking methods, and food safety regulations (e.g., handling, sanitation, storage)
- Ability to acquire food safety certification
- Basic math and counting skills
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Physical Demands
- Lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and/or extended walking and standing
- May require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)