Cook

Department: Food & Nutrition

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Cortland - NY

Compensation: $18.00 / hour

Description

Cook Key Duties

• Prepares food according to standardized recipes to provide residents with consistently accurate, tasteful, and cost-effective meals.
• Serves meals or prepares for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlines standards, ensuring that the food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and tasty. Tastes all prepared food items for quality control.
• Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintain standards of cleanliness. Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food- handling procedures.
• Will manage the kitchen in the absence of the Food Service Director.
• Perform other job-related duties as they become required.

Cook Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• ServSafe Certification preferred or will become ServSafe certified after hired.
• 1 year Nursing Home, Senior Living, Hospital, or Healthcare Required!
• Minimum one (1) year experienced in large-scale cooking.

Cook Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Patriot Preventive Care - Your Wellness Guardian
• Uniform Shirts Provided
• Direct Deposit
• 401K
• Paid Orientation and Training
• Opportunities for career advancement