Cook

Astral at Auburn; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Astral at Auburn is seeking a kitchen role to store, cook, and serve nutritious meals to residents, ensuring high quality and a superb dining experience. You will prepare meals daily, adapt recipes for dietary needs, present dishes attractively, and participate in serving while monitoring portions.

The role includes menu planning support, reporting meal records monthly, and maintaining a clean, compliant kitchen. A ServSafe certification and at least 1 year of cooking experience are required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• ServSafe certification required.
• Minimum 1 year cooking experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepares food daily as outlined on the menus and adapts recipes for dietary needs.
• Ensures attractive presentation and proper portion control.
• Coordinates and participates in serving food and minimizes waste.
• Maintains accurate records of chargeable meals and reports monthly.

Skills

Cooking

Education

High School Diploma/GED

ServSafe Certification

Job description

Position Summary

In this role, you will be responsible for storing, cooking, and helping to serve nutritious high quality food and a superb dining experience to residents at the community.

Overview

In this role, you will be responsible for storing, cooking, and helping to serve nutritious high quality food and a superb dining experience to residents at the community.

Essential Functions, Key Duties, & Responsibilities

• Prepares food daily as outlined on the menus; altering or adapting recipes to accommodate special dietary needs of residents or to improve recipes.
• Ensures attractive presentation of food on the plate before serving.
• Coordinates and participates in serving food, including monitoring portion control to meet residents’ requests and minimize waste.
• Maintains an accurate record of chargeable meals (resident, guest and catered) and submits record to the office by the designated date each month.
• Assists with menu planning; reviews and adjusts menus with Dietary Manager to accommodate foods in season, vendor sale prices, special events and holidays.
• Assists in identifying food and supplies needed for the next week’s menus and reports to the Dietary Manager.
• Prepares meats for storage and portion control upon delivery; ensures proper handling, storage and labeling of all delivered foods and ingredients.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, safe and sanitary kitchen environment.
• Ensures compliance with any and all regulations.
• Assists in training other kitchen staff in food preparation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and procedures and any updates.

Position Requirements

Education: High School Diploma/GED

Licenses/Certifications: ServSafe certification

Experience: 1+ years of cooking experience

Min: USD $18.00/Hr. Max: USD $20.00/Hr.