Cook

Cedarbrook Senior Living; Michigan; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Referral Program

Medical

Vision

Life/AD&D

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Flexible/Dependent Care Spending Accounts

Job summary

A skilled senior living community in Michigan is seeking a full-time Line/Prep Cook to provide restaurant-style meals for residents during the afternoon shift. Responsibilities include meal preparation and maintaining cooking stations. The ideal candidate has 2-3 years of cooking experience, solid knife skills, and a good understanding of safety and sanitation procedures. The position offers benefits including paid time off and a retirement savings plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 years previous cook experience or 3 years of prep cook experience.
• Solid understanding of professional cooking and knife skills.
• Understanding of safety, sanitation and food handling procedures.

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of meal preparation, cooking and presentation.
• Keeps cooking stations stocked and maintains supplies.
• Follows recipes, portion controls and presentation specifications.

Skills

Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure

Teamwork

Professional communication skills

Tools

Cooking equipment

Job description

At Cedarbrook Senior Living,we work hard every day to find out what “Celebrating Life Every Day!” means toour residents and their families, then we help them achieve these goals.

We are seeking a full-time Line/Prep Cook to provide a "restaurant style" experience for our residents during the afternoon shift.

Responsibilities:

• Performs all aspectsof meal preparation, cooking and presentation.
• Keeps cookingstations stocked, uses a batch cooking method for all food items withdocumented time/temperature logs.
• Follows recipes,portion controls and presentation specifications as set by the executive chef.
• Restocks allitems as need throughout the shift and completes an order sheet to maintain theappropriate level of supplies andinventory.

Qualifications:

• Has understandingand knowledge of how to properly use and maintain all equipment.
• Assists with cleaning, sanitation,organization of kitchen, coolers, freezers and all storage areas.
• Assists with washing pots and pans alongwith dishwasher on other projects.
• Is willing and able to assist with dailylineup meetings.
• Abilityto work calmly and effectively under pressure.
• Ability to work in a team environment andtake direction.
• Minimum of 2-3 yearsprevious cook experience or 3 years of prep cook experience.
• Solidunderstanding of professional cooking and knife skills.
• Understanding andknowledge of safety, sanitation and food handling procedures.
• Professionalcommunication skills including verbal and listening skills.
• Must beself-motivated, organized and able to problem solve.
• Paid Time Off
• Referral Program
• Medical
• Vision
• Life/AD&D
• 401(k) RetirementSavings Plan
• Flexible/DependentCare Spending Accounts

Making a Difference:

Learn how you can make adifference in the lives of our residents and their families by visiting our company website.