Culinary Cook - Full Time - Eventide Crete Senior Living

Job Summary

The Culinary Cook at Eventide Crete Senior Living in Crete, NE is responsible for preparing food items in large quantities for various units including living communities, Eventide Residences, Meals on Wheels, and catering. This position involves assisting in training new cooks, improving recipes, and monitoring leftovers.

Essential Functions

• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and corporate standards, guidelines, and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other food products for consumption in all units.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting, and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry, or fish for culinary use.
• Provides personalized service during guest interactions.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• Assists with unloading, receiving, and stocking food/supply deliveries from the food delivery truck.
• Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing major kitchen equipment by completing daily and weekly cleaning assignments.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the English language including medical terminology related to the job.
• Ability to gain access to the work area and then safely perform the duties of the job.
• Vision and hearing within normal limits (with or without correction).
• Must have unrestricted lift/push/pull ability of 50 - pounds, demonstrating strength and agility at Eventide's discretion.
• Standard and specialized equipment including but not limited to steam jacket, two-compartment electric steamer, Rational Ovens, conventional oven, fan, convection oven, grill, fryer, microwave, warmer, Buffalo food processor, slicer, food chopper, large and small mixers, blender, food processors, refrigerator, freezers, and garbage disposal, computer and food service software.
• At least age 18.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Two years of experience in quantity food production in health care facility or similar competency level preferred.
• Credential: Prep/Cook Level Food Handler Permit required for Eventide campuses in Lancaster County. Must meet Eventide's vaccination requirements.

Compensation

Eventide offers a competitive starting pay range of $17.50-19.60 per hour for Culinary Cooks based on qualifications, experience, and location. Shift premiums and differentials are also available, for select positions, paid on employment status and shift worked. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as ancillary benefits such as life and disability insurance. Eventide also offers a 403(B) with employer match, paid time off, and many other great perks for working with us.