Compassionate Cook for Senior Living Community

Synergy Senior Management; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Grandhaven Senior Living in Lansing, MI is seeking dedicated cooks for full-time and part-time roles in our senior living community. You will prepare soups, stocks, sauces and entrees following standardized recipes and dietary orders to ensure quality, appearance and temperature of every plate.

We prize reliability, teamwork and the ability to plan production around meal serving times. Strong English communication, basic math, and kitchen equipment knowledge are essential, with prior kitchen

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English.
• Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
• Minimum of three years of experience as a cook in a hotel, restaurant, club or similar institution

Responsibilities

• Prepare all soups, stocks, sauces; boils, braises and roast items per standardized recipes
• Prepares and serves all sauteed, fried, grilled, steamed and baked items per standardized recipes
• Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served, following standard recipes and special diet orders
• Plans food production to coordinate with meal serving hours, so that excellence, quality, temperature and appearance of food is preserved
• Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production
• Also must maintain dependability and punctuality as outlined in Attendance Policy

Skills

English language

Arithmetic

Kitchen equipment

Meal planning

Food prep

Job description

Grandhaven Senior Living in Lansing, MI is seeking dedicated cooks for full-time and part-time roles in our senior living community. You will prepare soups, stocks, sauces and entrees following standardized recipes and dietary orders to ensure quality, appearance and temperature of every plate.

We prize reliability, teamwork and the ability to plan production around meal serving times. Strong English communication, basic math, and kitchen equipment knowledge are essential, with prior kitchen