Food Service Worker / Cook

About This Role

This Food Service Worker/Cook position supports The Cafe at Kirkwood Community College, contributing to a culinary team that also operates The Class Act Restaurant and caters for The Hotel at Kirkwood. The role involves preparing, packaging, and serving high-quality food items for students, employees, and guests on campus, ensuring adherence to safe food-handling practices.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food production items for consumption, either on demand or based on anticipated business needs.
• Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure observance of safe, sanitary food-handling practices.
• Substitute for or assist other cooks and baker’s as business needs demand.
• Support other functions such as Barista, Cashier and Dish as business needs demand.
• Prepare, package and serve food items for sale and consumption at satellite locations.
• Provide direction to prep cooks as needed.
• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption.
• Leave Café and work areas clean and set for the following shift, including dishwashing as needed.
• Transport supplies, food and equipment between various Café locations on campus.

Requirements

• High school diploma or the equivalent
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Commercial kitchen experience
• Ability to stand 5-6 hours a day and to squat, reach & bend on a regular basis
• Knowledgeable of food storage/handling techniques
• Understand and demonstrate the proper and safe operation of all kitchen and dish equipment

Qualifications

• High school diploma or the equivalent required.
• Commercial kitchen experience. Preference for more than two years commercial kitchen experience.

Nice to Have

• Post high school degree
• More than two years commercial kitchen experience