Prep Cook/Dishwasher

Phoenix Senior LivingHammond, LA
Onsite

About The Position

The Phoenix at Hammond is seeking Cooks to join their team! The Cook is responsible for all food preparation so that food meets and/or exceeds quality, quantity and service schedule requirements and hospitality service standards for the community. The Cook is also responsible for effectively managing all food production in the absence of the Lead Cook or Food and Beverage Director. This role requires handling all foods in accordance with sanitary procedures and standards and complying with all federal, state, and local regulatory procedures regarding food production.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/ GED required.
  • One (1) year job related experience including food preparation, full-line menu items and therapeutic diets.
  • Maintains a current SERV Safe certificate (food services sanitation certificate) or able to participate in the food services sanitation training to become SERV Safe Certified.

Nice To Haves

  • Culinary apprenticeship or training preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Prepares and serves meals, maintains sanitation of food service areas, performs accurate record keeping, receives, rotates, and inventories products, and ensures regulatory compliance.
  • Adheres to posted menus and prepares food items using approved standardized recipes in a timely manner.
  • Adheres to production sheets and instructions.
  • Prepares all special dietary needs as directed.
  • Prepares texture modified food as directed.
  • Organizes work to meet production and service requirements.
  • Monitors all food items to ensure minimum guidelines for temperature, taste, and quality are upheld.
  • Tastes and prepares food to determine quality or necessary adjustments.
  • Maintains sanitary conditions to ensure safety and compliance with regulations; responsible for cleaning work areas.
  • Follows all local, state, and federal policies regarding food handling.
  • Maintains standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards.
  • Operates dish machine(s) according to Food Safety Standards.
  • Operates dishwashing to properly wash and sanitize all dishes and china, silverware, glassware, utensils, and cookware as necessary.
  • Maintains and protects the confidentiality of resident information at all times.
  • Reviews Resident Diet Book, confidential Diet Board / Indicator, Data Card or Chart.
  • Manually records equipment temperatures, refrigerator temperatures, freezer temperatures, cooking temperatures of the food, holding temperatures of the food, and cooling temperatures of the food.
  • Manually records food production quantities.
  • Manually records taste evaluation sheets.
  • Rotates menus and production sheets.
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