Cook - Full Time - Days

Basic Qualifications:

• Education:

Requires a high school diploma or GED state certification or similar demonstrated ability.

• Experience:

Requires one to two years of work-related experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Licensure, Registrations& Certifications:

Safe Serve certification Preferred.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Follows all food production tallies, identifies portion sizes, products to produce, diets, counts and distribution appropriate to the tray-line and cafeteria.
• Follows all recipes to assure consistent product production quality.
• Ensures foods are prepared by the established mealtimes on a daily basis and served at appropriate temperatures.
• Uses proper roast procedures on all meat items to assure high quality and limited shrinkage/waste.
• Prepares all food products to established portion sizes.
• Ensures the quality of all prepared foods using sensory criteria to verify appearance, smell, and taste.
• Stores foods properly to prevent spoilage and waste, and ensures that stored foods are covered, labeled, and dated.
• Reviews ingredient inventory to ensure all items are in stock, and notifies Manager, Production on low stock ingredients.
• Returns leftover stock to appropriate storage areas during shift and uses leftover foods while maintaining product quality and nutritional value.
• Employs clean-as-you-go practices maintaining clean handling, preparation, cooking and storage areas, and clean cooking utensils, equipment and pots and pans.
• Follows sanitation standards and health codes.
• Ensures daily strict adherence by kitchen staff to personal hygiene policies, practices, and standards.
• Adheres to safety procedures when operating all kitchen equipment.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.