Cook ~ Senior Living Community ~ Billings

MorningStar Careers • Billings, MT

7h

About The Position

The Cook is responsible for preparing, cooking, seasoning, and serving adequate, attractive, nutritious, and balanced meals according to scheduled menus. This includes a variety of foods such as meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruit, soups, salads, desserts, breads, and pastries. The role carries out assigned duties in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations and company policies and procedures.

The Cook handles food safely, follows meal schedules and standard recipes, and uses experience to make appropriate independent decisions. The position involves estimating food quantities, maintaining portion control, preparing ingredients, cooking and seasoning a variety of foods, and checking meals and trays for quality, dietary compliance, completeness, and accuracy. The schedule is Wednesday through Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Requirements

• Ability to read and write English.
• Ability to prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities.
• Knowledge of special diets, seasoning requirements, cooking times, and temperature controls.
• Ability to estimate food quantities, limit waste, and use leftovers while serving attractive, appetizing meals.
• Demonstrate the core values of Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, and Respect.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma.
• Previous experience in the dietary department of a health care facility.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, season, and serve attractive, appetizing, nutritious, and balanced meals according to menus and meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes while making appropriate independent decisions based on experience.
• Use proper food-handling techniques and avoid food-handling hazards.
• Estimate food quantities, apportion servings, and monitor portion-control guidelines for individual residents.
• Prepare vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and poultry for cooking, including washing, peeling, trimming, cutting, and deboning as needed.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure it conforms to recipes and appearance standards.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines and check each tray for completeness and accuracy.
• Bake, roast, stew, and steam-cook meats, fish, and poultry; prepare gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces, and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.
• Follow applicable regulations and established company policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance offerings.
• Life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance offerings.
• 401(k) plan with matching.
• HSA options.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and birthday leave.
• Career development programs and opportunity for advancement.
• Charitable and philanthropic opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Free shift meal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED