Line Cook

About This Role

Efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of food items for residents in a senior living and healthcare environment, ensuring high standards of sanitation and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook to order foods that may require short to mid-level preparation time.
• Prepare food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and corporate standards.
• Follow basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other food products.
• Operate a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, wash, peel, cut, shred fruits and vegetables, and trim and cut meat, poultry, or fish.
• Taste products, read menus, estimate food requirements, check production, and keep records to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• Attend all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training and apply principles of food safety to food preparation and sanitation practices.
• Receive inventory, move, and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.
• Take and record temperatures and correct temperature discrepancies.
• Complete all prep items according to prep sheet.
• Plate food as ordered with attention to appearance and garnish.
• Clean and sanitize workstations and equipment, following all regulatory rules and procedures.
• Assist with set ups, break down, and clean up serving lines and other food areas.
• Properly record and label, with appropriate dates and store food properly.

Qualifications

• High school diploma
• 3-4 years of related and advanced food service and cooking experience.

Nice to Have

• Training in Servsafe (beneficial)
• Experience with basic operation of kitchen equipment
• Intermediate to advanced knife experience

Benefits

Certifications