Cook - Full Time - Days

Crisp Regional Health Services•Cordele, GA

4h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position with day shifts. The Cook is responsible for preparing food according to established recipes and portion sizes, ensuring quality and appropriate temperatures. This role also involves proper food storage, inventory management, maintaining sanitation standards, and adhering to safety procedures.

Requirements

Requires a high school diploma or GED state certification or similar demonstrated ability.
Requires one to two years of work-related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Nice To Haves

Safe Serve certification Preferred.

Responsibilities

Follows all food production tallies, identifies portion sizes, products to produce, diets, counts and distribution appropriate to the tray-line and cafeteria.
Follows all recipes to assure consistent product production quality.
Ensures foods are prepared by the established mealtimes on a daily basis and served at appropriate temperatures.
Uses proper roast procedures on all meat items to assure high quality and limited shrinkage/waste.
Prepares all food products to established portion sizes.
Ensures the quality of all prepared foods using sensory criteria to verify appearance, smell, and taste.
Stores foods properly to prevent spoilage and waste, and ensures that stored foods are covered, labeled, and dated.
Reviews ingredient inventory to ensure all items are in stock, and notifies Manager, Production on low stock ingredients.
Returns leftover stock to appropriate storage areas during shift and uses leftover foods while maintaining product quality and nutritional value.
Employs clean-as-you-go practices maintaining clean handling, preparation, cooking and storage areas, and clean cooking utensils, equipment and pots and pans.
Follows sanitation standards and health codes.
Ensures daily strict adherence by kitchen staff to personal hygiene policies, practices, and standards.
Adheres to safety procedures when operating all kitchen equipment.
Performs other job duties as assigned.