Breakfast Cook - Hospital
About The Position
As a Breakfast Cook, you’ll play a key role in starting the day off right for patients, staff, and visitors. In this fast-paced, team-oriented kitchen, you will prepare fresh, high-quality breakfast items and grab-and-go offerings that support a nourishing and efficient food service operation. This role blends breakfast line cooking with essential prep and grab-and-go production, ensuring our kitchen is ready to deliver wholesome, scratch-made food every morning. You’ll follow recipes, dietary guidelines, and strict food safety standards while contributing to a clean, organized, and dependable environment.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED
- Previous cook or prep cook experience (healthcare or high-volume setting preferred)
- Strong understanding of breakfast cookery and basic food preparation techniques
- Ability to work early morning shifts and maintain a consistent, reliable schedule
- ServSafe® Certification and State Food Handlers Card
- Ability to pass a criminal background check and drug screen
Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook a variety of breakfast items such as eggs, breakfast meats, hot cereals, and daily specials with consistency and quality
- Support early morning meal service, ensuring all items are ready, fresh, and presented on time
- Prepare grab-and-go items such as breakfast sandwiches, parfaits, fruit cups, and packaged meals for staff and visitors
- Follow standardized recipes, portion guidelines, and production sheets to meet hospital nutrition standards
- Complete daily prep and pull schedules to support breakfast service, café needs, and grab-and-go production
- Maintain proper food safety standards at all times—ensuring hot food stays hot and cold food stays cold
- Keep kitchen, prep areas, and equipment clean, organized, and compliant with sanitation guidelines
- Assist with inventory organization, labeling, dating, and product rotation to maintain freshness and accuracy
- Work collaboratively with the team to ensure smooth, efficient morning operations
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Baby Bonding Leave
- Paid Elder Care Leave
- Paid Time Off (Accrued)
- Holiday Premium Pay
- 3 Medical Plans (Blue Cross)
- Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Reimbursed Wellness Massages (Portion of cost)
- Voluntary HSA with Company Match
- Voluntary FSA
- Free Employee Assistance Program (Behavioral Health Support)
- Access to Wellness Initiatives (Fitness Memberships, etc.)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Company-Paid Basic Life Insurance
- Company-Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Policy
- Voluntary Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary Employee, Spouse, and/or child(ren) Life Insurance, with AD&D Plus
- Opportunities for growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
