Compassionate Senior Living Cook: Nutritious Meals & Care

MorningStar Senior Living; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k with matching

HSA options

Paid sick leave

Job summary

The MorningStar Senior Living community in Englewood, CO is seeking a Cook who will prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals in line with menus and state regulations. You’ll also handle food prep, portion control, and ensure meals are palatable and attractive for residents.

We value heartfelt service and offer benefits, opportunities for advancement, and professional development within a caring culture. High school diploma preferred; English literacy required.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma preferred, but at the minimum the ability to read and write English.
• Experience: Previous experience in the dietary department of health care facility preferred.
• Job Knowledge: Ability to prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities; aware of special diets, seasoning requirements, cooking times, temperature controls; ability to estimate quantities of food required, limit waste, and utilize leftovers while serving attractive, appetizing meals.

Responsibilities

• Handle and prepare food that is palatable, appetizing, and attractive.
• Comply with meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes but make independent decisions in line with current experience.
• Understand importance of proper food-handling techniques and hazards of improper food handling.
• Be familiar with seasoning and cooking time required.
• Be aware of cooking characteristics of various cuts of meats, fish and fowl.
• Estimate quantities of food required and apportion servings while monitoring portion-controlled guidelines for individual residents.
• Prepare foodstuffs for cooking: Peel, wash, trim, and cut vegetables and fruit; wash, cut, de-bone and trim meat, fish and fowl.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure conformity with recipes and appearance.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking each tray for completeness and accuracy.
• Cook food: Bake, roast, stew and steam-cook meats, fish and fowl, basting as necessary to retain flavor; make gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.

Education

High school diploma

Job description

The MorningStar Senior Living community in Englewood, CO is seeking a Cook who will prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals in line with menus and state regulations. You’ll also handle food prep, portion control, and ensure meals are palatable and attractive for residents.

We value heartfelt service and offer benefits, opportunities for advancement, and professional development within a caring culture. High school diploma preferred; English literacy required.