Cook - William Paterson University

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 $23.50.

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 ingredients and equipment
• Measure, weigh, mix, chop, trim, and peel ingredients
• Safely use utensils, including knives, and operate equipment such as ovens, stoves, slicers, and mixers
• Apply cooking methods like baking, roasting, broiling, steaming, and more to meat, vegetables, and other foods
• Arrange, garnish, and portion food according to guidelines
• Store food safely 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 food safety and sanitation
• Ensure security of company assets

Job duties may change or new ones may be assigned to meet business needs without formal notice.

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 and communication skills, both written and verbal

Physical Demands

• Lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and/or extended walking and standing
• May require uniforms and/or usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)