Swing Cook

Haverford College

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Swing Cook will assist the cooks in terms of food preparation and may be assigned to act as lead cook for specified meal periods.

Requirements

• 1 year of food preparation experience, including basic cooking in commercial and/or institutional foodservice operation
• Ability to read and follow recipes and production sheets
• Ability to properly use various knives, hand tools, utensils, and equipment to portion, cut, slice, score, julienne, whip, beat, or otherwise prep food
• Demonstrated ability to utilize dining service equipment such as slicer, deep fryer, grill, and steamer
• Proficient in communicating orally and in writing to co-workers and management
• Serve Safe Certification or ability to obtain certification at the college's expense within 3 months
• Aller-train Certification or ability to obtain certification at the college's expense within 3 months
• Must be available to work catered events and special functions

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for future meals using computer-generated production sheets and recipes, including cutting vegetables for recipes, panning up food, cooking off items, and labeling and dating all prepared food
• Perform other prep work as assigned by the manager
• Pull frozen food from the freezer by following a pull list generated by the cook or the manager
• Keep prep and storage areas clean and organized
• Record on the production sheets what prep has been done and its location

Benefits

• possible work-from-home opportunities
• automatic 10% retirement contribution to your retirement account upon eligibility (no match required)
• a 50% tuition benefit for dependent children upon eligibility
• 14 paid holidays (including the week before New Year’s Day off)
• Health Savings Account contribution of $700 for individuals and$1400 for families (no match required)
• affordable medical plans
• a beautiful arboretum campus with walking trail and easy public transportation access

What This Job Offers

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