Culinary Attendant Hot
University of Maryland Medical System · Baltimore, MD · Today
OTHRFull-time
Responsibilities
- Prepares and cooks entrees, soups, vegetables, and starches using griddle, frying, steaming, and broiling equipment.
- Cuts, trims, and cooks meat, fish, and poultry; adds spices and seasoning, and prepares the food items using the appropriate equipment according to the recipe.
- Slices, carves, or otherwise portions cooked foods to ensure effective portion control and optimum use of food.
- Cooks food items such as meats, entrée dishes, vegetables, specific patient diet order menu items, etc according to department guidelines.
- Maintains a safe and sanitary work area at all times.
- Cleans and maintains cooking, preparation, and serving equipment according to a cleaning schedule and departmental guidelines.
- Monitors product while cooking, adjusting temperatures and time to maintain quality standards.
- Evaluates food services preparation; reports spoiled or unattractive food, defective supplies or equipment, and other unusual conditions to the supervisor.
- Ensures adequate level of food supplies for daily cooking needs; informs supervisor as needed to maintain sufficient supplies.
- Maintains temperature logs of prepared foods, holding refrigerators, etc.
- Maintains compliance with standards of operation for services especially guidelines for food handling and storage and Business Conduct Guidelines.
- Maintains all records, operational standards and reports necessary to comply with government and accrediting agency standards, regulations and codes.
Skills
- Knowledge of preparing and cooking a wide variety of foods to include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Knowledge of assembling and combining recipes in the correct order.
- Ability to operate kitchen equipment including grill, deep-fryer, toaster, oven, and/or slicer.
- Ability to stand in one area approximately 90% of the time, and lift food and equipment up to 50 lbs.
- Effective reading comprehension skills are required to read recipes accurately, and effective verbal communication skills are necessary in greeting cafeteria customers.