Lead Cook

Quail Park of Lynnwood offers comfortably appointed apartment homes and extraordinary opportunities to allow our residents to remain active and be social.

About the role

We are searching for a Lead Cook to join our premiere senior living community. Our cooks follow our recipes to produce meals that are fresh, healthy, attractive, and delicious, ensuring all food is scrumptious and safe while maintaining a neat and sanitary kitchen. As a member of the Signature Dining team, you’ll contribute to a tasty and enjoyable dining experience for our residents.

Responsibilities

• Shift Lead
  • Assists Sous Chef with checking, maintaining, and documenting proper food temperatures throughout the shift as determined by local, state, and/or federal food service standards.
  • Supports Director of Signature Dining and Sous Chef to ensure efficient and effective meal preparation, service, and clean-up.
  • Maintains knowledge of current OSHA, and local and state regulatory agency guidelines to ensure kitchen and food service program compliance.
  • Assists the Sous Chef with training kitchen team members during a shift.
  • In the absence of the Director of Signature Dining or Sous Chef, may oversee and direct other food service team members on an assigned shift.
• Food Preparation
  • Follows production sheets, producing only amounts and items as directed.
  • Follows recipes as instructed and adheres to proper procedures to cook all foods to Signature Dining standards.
  • Ensures all foods are prepared within allotted standards while maintaining freshness and appropriate temperatures.
  • Ensures all foods are attractively presented per Signature Dining standards.
  • Responsible for proper food storage, including covering, labeling, and dating all items, and placing them in appropriate storage areas.
  • Ensures safe food handling techniques at all times.
  • Completes meal production records accurately and timely.
• Kitchen Cleaning
  • Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing all work areas and equipment before and after each use.
  • Ensures all kitchen surfaces, including floors, counters, sinks, cabinets, and walk-in freezer and refrigerator, remain clean and sanitary during assigned shift.
  • Completes deep cleaning procedures according to the schedule and as assigned by the Director of Signature Dining.
• Other
  • Attends all required team member meetings and in-service training sessions.
  • Upholds Residents’ Rights as defined by state regulations and Company policy at all times.
  • Supports and upholds all other Company policies and the service philosophy.
  • Reliable and predictable attendance.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of applicable food service experience.
• Previous experience in both hotel/restaurant and senior living settings preferred.
• Strong commitment to customer service and a desire to exceed customer expectations.
• Able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to interpret menus and recipes and communicate effectively with residents, families, team members, and vendors.
• Must meet all health-related and food handling requirements pertaining to local and state regulatory agencies.
• Must maintain CPR/First Aid credentials.
• Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials.
• Must maintain annual continuing education credits.
• Able to perform duties and responsibilities (Essential Job Functions) with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Able to prepare and understand techniques required to cook all items on the menu as instructed.
• Subject to pre-employment screening, including physical, drug and TB testing, and criminal background check.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health insurance (for full-time employees)
• Dental insurance (for full-time employees)
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Education assistance or tuition reimbursement
• Workplace perks such as meal and coffee

Pay

$25.00 - $26.00 per hour

Schedule

Variable schedule options