Food Services - Cook

HealthRIGHT 360•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Facility Cook executes food preparation and meal service, maintaining consistency in quality, utilizing strong time management skills with solid cooking methods, and working with a tight design kitchen. Organization and preparation skills are critical. Responsible for oversight, planning and organizing of the facility. The Cook is responsible for ensuring all food services functions at the facility are executed. Additionally, the Cook ensures safety of food handling practices, proper sanitation, utilization of the FIFO method and more. Team member will operate with a focus on service and support, takes pride in the quality of their work, holds themselves and others accountable, follows through on obligations, effectively communicates and responds to inquiries, and engages their role with a sense of compassion and partnership to help further the agency’s mission and goals.

Requirements

High School Diplom/GED
Food handling and preparation certification or experience as cook
Industrial kitchen tools and equipment &cooking methods techniques
Safety and hygiene standards and regulations
Nutrition and special dietary requirementsVolume preparation, portion control and food preservation
Inventory Control System

Responsibilities

Ensure meals are well balanced, nutritious, and appealing.
Reduce unnecessary costs whenever possible.
Follows production menu with creative vision in quality and presentation.
Ensures all residents’ meals are on-time and meet quality standards.
Ensures special requests are captured at all meal services including as-needed, special save plates, special dietary needs, and service requirements for food being catered to detox clients.
Cooks will be required to capture snack programs 3 times daily and general meal services.
Manage food storage, proper refrigeration, and inventory control.
Maintain professional safety standards, cleanliness, and sanitation in accordance with health and safety codes.
Ensure servicing and repair of equipment.
Notify supervisor of equipment needs.
Ensure that all kitchen volunteer workers are familiar with agency and departmental policies, procedures, practices of safe food handling and holds clients accountable.
Teaches life skills cooking methods to clients in the kitchen.
Maintain team spirit and morale within kitchen.
Works as a team with Food Services and performs functions that further Department and Agency needs.
And other duties as assigned.