Dietary Cook

Pennant Group • Mesa, AZ

5d

About The Position

The Dietary Cook ensures efficient, timely, and friendly service to residents and staff while maintaining proper sanitation and safety procedures and high standards of food preparation and presentation. The Cook orders, receives, and rotates stock in coordination with the Food Service Director; reads and follows recipes to ensure consistent results; and prepares and serves meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner as assigned. The role also supports resident dining expectations and may include other relevant duties assigned by a supervisor.

The position requires knowledge of special dietary needs and meal preparation techniques, food safety, and equipment safety. The Cook should be dependable, punctual, self-motivated, able to work without constant supervision, and effective in a team environment.

Requirements

• At least one year of cooking experience, including some short-order cooking and quantity cooking.
• Possess Serv-Safe certification or be willing to obtain it upon hire.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing, and comprehend communications.
• Know special dietary needs of residents and required meal preparation techniques.
• Work effectively as part of a team and display team behaviors.
• Effectively address conflict or customer complaints.
• Focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Follow food safety and equipment safety procedures.
• Know and comply with community quality standards and requirements.
• Be able to perform short-order cooking.
• Be dependable, punctual, self-motivated, and able to work without constant supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to learn new food preparation techniques and presentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient, timely, and friendly service to residents and staff.
• Maintain proper sanitation and safety procedures and high-quality food preparation and presentation.
• Order, receive, and rotate stock in conjunction with the Food Service Director.
• Read and follow recipes to ensure consistent products.
• Prepare and serve food for breakfast, lunch, or dinner as assigned.
• Help meet or exceed resident dining expectations.
• Perform other relevant duties as required or assigned by a supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed