Senior Living Cook Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.

Nice To Haves

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is preferred.
• 1-3 years of previous culinary experience is preferred.
• Prefer completion of food safety and sanitation course or ability to become certified with ServSafe or similar program.

Responsibilities

• Prepares high quality meals according to standardized recipes and techniques.
• Uses and directs the use of accurate portion control standards.
• Ensures that sanitary conditions are maintained in the kitchen at all times.
• Checks all menus daily in order to verify that all necessary items are prepared as needed.
• Stores leftovers properly according to food handling standards.
• Operates equipment in a correct, safe, sanitary and respectful manner.
• Supervises the entire dining experience to ensure resident satisfaction of meal service.
• Checks temperatures of food products and documents in temperature log.
• Cleans equipment and work area to ensure safety and sanitation standards are met. Completes cleaning tasks as assigned according to schedule.
• Inventories and orders food products; ensuring adequate inventory of items on hand.
• Oversees catering events, ensuring quality, safety, and presentation of catered meals.
• Organizes and plans work schedule to meet times for serving meals.
• In the event of staff shortages, is responsible to prioritize and shift workload.
• Prompts and directs servers to deliver timely meal service.
• Interacts appropriately with staff to correct or accommodate immediate concerns or problems.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• 403(B) with employer match
• paid time off