SEIU Cook Helper

Responsibilities

• Tends foods that are cooking and tests them for progress of cooking. May adjust cooking time and temperature and add seasonings and ingredients as directed.
• Prepares beverages and like items.
• Prepares servings of food items. Makes up patients' trays and serves food onto a food truck or containers.
• Observes precautions against deterioration and degradation of prepared foods, foods awaiting preparation and leftovers awaiting proper storage.
• Removes food from carts when returned; wraps, stores, processes or discards as directed.
• Cleans utensils, equipment and work area, stores food in prescribed manner and follows all other instructions to maintain prescribed standards of sanitation and safety.
• Obtains and arranges food, supplies, and utensils and prepares oven, fryers and grills.
• May obtain food trucks, containers and trays.

Requirements

• Requires knowledge of the methods of food preparation, ability to read and write English and understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• One year experience in commercial food service; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to lift items weighing approximately 40-50 pounds.