School Food Service Cook - FG

Legacy Traditional Schools•Tucson, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for preparing and serving food according to a planned menu using tested, uniform recipes, and ensuring the finished product is of the best quality in both flavor and appearance. The role involves performing all kitchen duties as required, such as salad preparation, washing dishes, baking, cleaning tables, and sweeping and mopping.

Requirements

High School Diploma or G.E.D.
Food Handlers card.
Six months of food handling service or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties listed above.
Have knowledge of customer service principles, basic mathematical concepts, applicable cooking and food prep equipment, basic inventory principles, cash handling procedures, basic food prep and cooking techniques, and cleaning and sanitizing methods.
Skills in providing customer service, prepping and cooking food, operating applicable equipment, monitoring inventory, reading and following recipe directions, maintaining order among school age children, handling and counting money, cleaning and sanitizing kitchen areas and machinery.
Be able to handle food, read food thermometers, as well as communicate and exchange information with coworkers, supervisors, and customers.
The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check
Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card
Must be able to obtain and hold a valid IVP Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times

Responsibilities

Assists in preparing and cooking foods, which may include: panning frozen food, cupping fruit, washing and bagging fruits and vegetables, baking foods, chopping salad items, monitoring food temperatures, preparing sandwiches, removing hot items from ovens, and/or performing other related activities.
Serves and replenishes food supply.
Cleans cafeteria and/or kitchen areas, which includes: wiping down tables, placing trays in the proper location, picking up trash, sweeping and mopping floors, loading dish washers, cleaning refrigerators and freezers, cleaning ovens, putting garbage cans in proper locations, sanitizing and cleaning towels, putting up benches, and/or performing other related duties.
Prepare the cafeteria for meals, which includes: placing food in hot carts, rotating foods, preparing and monitoring the availability of utensils and napkins, preparing trays, placing scoops and/or spoons for serving and performing other related activities.
Assists with monitoring food inventory, performs counts of unused food following daily meal service.
Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.