Household Dietary Cook

Carolina Meadows Careers•Chapel Hill, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Carolina Meadows is a continuing-care retirement community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Household Dietary Cook prepares, cooks, and finishes meals, cleans the satellite kitchen, and delivers meals to Health Center residents. The position supports residents’ dietary and nutritional needs, maintains inventory and required records, and follows applicable state and federal regulations and Dining Services policies and procedures. Other reasonably related department duties may be assigned by management. The cook prepares meals and side items according to standardized recipes and daily production sheets, ensures trays are accurate and meet residents’ nutritional needs, maintains appropriate food temperatures and sanitary conditions, portions food and beverages according to individual dietary needs, and addresses meal shortages with nutritionally equivalent or better substitutions. The role also includes kitchen and equipment cleaning, stocking and inventory duties, recordkeeping, assisting with special events, and training new staff.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
One to three years of dietary experience in service and nutrition, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions.
High-quality verbal and written communication skills.
Strong customer service skills.
Knowledge of state and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

Prepare, cook, and finish meals for Health Center residents, including all breakfast meals and side items and selected lunch and dinner items, following standardized recipes and production sheets.
Ensure meal trays are accurate and meet residents’ nutritional needs; portion food and beverages according to each resident’s dietary needs.
Maintain food quality by observing proper food temperatures and sanitary serving conditions.
Prepare plate garnishes and supplemental snacks for the nurse’s station according to residents’ dietary needs and resident lists.
Address meal shortages by substituting items of equal or greater nutritional value and report substitutions to the Dietary Supervisor.
Complete satellite-kitchen preparation and restock coolers, freezers, and carts for the next meal period.
Store leftovers in appropriate containers, label them with the correct date, time, and intended use or meal period, and refrigerate or freeze them appropriately.
Clean the steam table after each meal period and maintain sanitary work areas, household kitchens, place settings, silverware, floors, and equipment; complete and sign cleaning checklists.
Stock, clean, and check household kitchens; ensure snacks are organized and within expiration dates.
Maintain satellite-kitchen sanitation and report problems to the Dietary Supervisor, Dining Services Director, or nutrition care manager as needed.
Complete daily satellite-kitchen supply inventory, notify the Nutritional Care Manager of needs, and receive and stock inventory as appropriate.
Assist the Nutritional Manager with menu counts and production sheets by tallying and entering data into the meal tracking system as needed.
Complete daily records and reports, including meal tallies, tray temperature reports, test trays, and refrigerator temperature reports.
Follow state and federal health regulations and Dining Services policies and procedures, and complete assigned tasks in compliance with these requirements.
Train new staff.
Assist with setup for special parties in the Health Center.
Perform other reasonably related department functions as assigned by management.