Cook

St. Paul's Senior Services; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Paul’s Senior Services in San Diego, CA is seeking a Full-Time cook to prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner and special functions, ensuring meals are flavorful, attractive, accurate and safe.

Responsibilities include coordinating meal preparation and serving, following recipes and dietary restrictions, and maintaining HACCP food safety guidelines in a team environment. Candidates should have at least two years of institutional cooking experience and a high school diploma.

Qualifications

• Compassion for the elderly and ability to communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of State and County Health Department regulations, Title 22 and OBRA.
• Organizational skills to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Team player with ability to remain composed under stress.
• Ability to read recipes, menus, and production sheets.
• Understanding of therapeutic diets and ability to prepare foods accordingly.
• Ability to operate food service equipment.
• Knowledge of basic food preparation techniques including receiving, storage, preparation, and holding.
• HACCP Food Safety Guidelines knowledge.
• Ability to perform simple calculations and adjust recipes.
• Ability to multitask across different menus and times.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and special functions.
• Coordinate preparation and serving of meals to be flavorful, attractive, accurate, and safe.

Skills

Compassion for elderly

Team player

Reading recipes & menus

Therapeutic diets knowledge

HACCP standards

Food service equipment

Recipe calculations

Multitasking in kitchen

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

This is a Full - Time position with an anticipated 40 working hours a week

Job Summary

Responsible for the preparation of food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and special functions. Coordinates the preparation and serving of meals in a manner that is flavorful, attractive, accurate, and safe (free from contamination or spoilage).

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate with, be interested in, and have compassion for the elderly.
• Must have a general understanding of State and County Health Department regulations, Title 22 and OBRA.
• Must possess organizational skills sufficient enough to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Must be able to work in a team environment and to maintain professional composure under stressful conditions.
• Must be able to read recipes, menus and production sheets.
• Must understand therapeutic diets and be able to prepare foods to meet the needs of a variety of different diets.
• Must be able to operate food service equipment.
• Must know basic food preparation techniques, including receiving, identifying, storage, preparation, and holding of food items.
• Must know HACCP Food Safety Guidelines, i.e., proper food temperatures, contamination vs. spoilage, cross-contamination, potentially hazardous foods, personal hygiene, etc.
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to perform simple calculations and adjust standardized recipes.
• Must be able to organize and perform several preparation procedures at the same time, i.e., different menus for different places at different times.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Able to read, write, understand and speak in English.
• Position requires a minimum of two years of experience as a cook in a skilled or institutional food service facility.

Physical Requirements

• Work hours may require schedule flexibility (early AM shifts starting at 5:00 AM).
• Must be able to lift and carry light objects and to push or pull objects of 50 pounds or less.
• Frequently stands, walks, kneels, twisting upper body, object manipulation, loading and unloading food supplies, handling bulk food items, lifting, pushing and pulling equipment.
• Visually needs to identify objects at a distance of 20 feet and read fine print and discriminate color.
• Frequently will be required to hear normal sounds where there is background noise.