Cook - SIGN ON BONUS

Life Care Services•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At The Cypress of Charlotte, dining is more than a meal, it's an experience. Located on 65 beautifully landscaped acres in SouthPark, The Cypress offers residents an upscale, resort-style lifestyle complemented by exceptional hospitality and culinary experiences. Our dining venues provide an environment that feels more like a private country club or luxury resort than a traditional senior living community. We are committed to attracting talented hospitality professionals who take pride in delivering outstanding food, service, and guest experiences. If you're looking for a unique opportunity to work with a team that values culinary creativity, professional excellence, and continuous growth and development, The Cypress of Charlotte is the place for you! We are seeking a talented and driven Cook to join our upscale culinary team. Working alongside an experienced leadership team, you'll help prepare high-quality meals in a fast-paced, resort-style senior living community known for its outstanding hospitality and service.

Requirements

A minimum of three years’ experience as a cook in a hotel, restaurant, club or similar institution.
Ability to perform simple arithmetic and understand measurements and conversions.
Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards.
Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance.
Some knowledge of nutrition and diet.
Must be able to effectively communicate, read, write, and follow oral and written instructions in English.

Nice To Haves

SERVSafe Certification preferred.
Experience in hospital or senior living preferred.

Responsibilities

Ability to work all stations in the kitchen.
Efficiently runs assigned station during the shift, follow all specs, and stock food as needed.
Maintains the quality of food and plate presentation.
Prepares all soups, stocks, sauces; boils, braises and roasts items as per standardized recipes.
Prepares and serves all sautéed, fried, grilled, steamed and baked items as per standardized recipes.
Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served, following standard recipes and special diet orders.
Plans food production to coordinate with meal serving hours, so that excellence, quality, temperature and appearance of food is preserved.
Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production.