Cook

Lakewood Retirement Community-LifeSpire; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking community where your culinary skills can shine! As a Full-Time Cook, you will prepare high-quality meals in a vibrant kitchen environment, ensuring food safety and freshness. This role not only allows you to showcase your cooking talents but also offers the opportunity to impact the lives of residents positively. With generous benefits, flexible scheduling, and a supportive team, you will thrive in a workplace that values energy, compassion, and creativity. If you are passionate about making a difference and growing your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Early access to earned wages

Tuition and Educational Reimbursement

Flexible scheduling

Generous PTO plan

Supportive environment

403B match

HSA contributions

Qualifications

• 3 years of culinary experience required.
• Experience in senior living preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals following standardized recipes and production counts.
• Ensure food safety and quality during meal preparation.
• Work in a high-paced kitchen environment.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Food Safety Practices

Team Collaboration

Scratch Cooking

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Commercial Kitchen Equipment

Job description

Full-Time Cook Up to $20.00/hour!

Also willing to work weekends and holidays as needed

Exciting new wage scale! Learn more TODAY!

Join us at Lakewood where we impact lives and build careers!

We are a regional leader in senior care and are located in the west end of Richmond. Our mission is to empower individuals with choices in purposeful living built on values of faith, servant leadership, stewardship, integrity, peace of mind, innovation and joy.

If you are looking to make a difference, we’d love to talk to you!

Our Cooks prepare food needed for meal service using commercial kitchen equipment, quantity food preparation techniques and quantity recipes. They ensure food is fresh, high quality and prepared with safe food handling practices. We are seeking a very special candidate for this important role! We offer perks such as free meals, team member appreciation events, flexible scheduling and generous paid time off. We have a strong reputation for workplace excellence and our leadership demonstrates team member commitment and appreciation every day!

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Early access to earned wages
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
• Flexible scheduling & generous PTO plan
• Supportive environment to grow your career
• 4.5% dollar for dollar match on our 403B
• First dollar generous contributions to HSA accountsplusa match!
• Amazing residents, team members, and leaders!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follows standardized recipes and production sheet counts when preparing meals and adjusts recipes for amounts needed as necessary
• Works on a state of the art dinner line alongside seasoned cooks
• High paced atmosphere with professional, high-end stacked and garnished dishes
• Has experience with scratch cooking and working on a team
• Prepares foods based on the production schedules utilizing wholesome ingredients
• Takes temperatures of foods during preparation and prior to service
• Follows HACCP standards while producing food to ensure food safety measures are met
• Tastes food prior to service and adjusts seasonings as needed, mindful of therapeutic diets
• Adheres to all standards of food safety when handling food products. Follows safety precautions when using kitchen equipment
• Practices personal cleanliness, wears clean uniforms, changing soiled apron frequently and wears hair coverings according to dress code

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• 3 years of Culinary experience required
• Senior Living experience preferred
• Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks and ability to regulate and maintain workflow
• Pleasant personality and patience exhibited while interacting with residents, guests, and team members
• Ability to read, write, communicate, and comprehend English
• Maintain a clean and neat appearance

At Lakewood, energy, compassion, creativity and talents are valued and rewarded. We want you to be the best you can be – we can do this together with work/life integration, coaching, and opportunities to grow. Together we can make a difference for residents and their families. Come join our winning team!