Cook

Alameda Health System; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Alameda Health System in California seeks an Assistant Cook under general supervision to prepare, cook, and dispense food in quantity, maintain equipment, and uphold safety standards in a hospital kitchen.

You will operate steam kettles and ovens, carve and portion meals, assist with pastry items, manage stock, and occasionally deliver meals to different locations within the facility.

Qualifications

• At least one year as Assistant Cook or two years of quantity cooking for 200+ meals in large facilities.
• Experience in institutional kitchens such as hospitals or large hotels is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Prepares meats and vegetables for cooking using kitchen equipment.
• Cooks meats, fish, vegetables, soups, cereals and other foods with appropriate ovens and kettles.
• Carves meat and serves or oversees serving to trays and cafeteria patrons.
• Maintains utensils, equipment and work areas ensuring safety and sanitation standards.
• Relieves butchers and bakers; assists with recipe planning and weighing ingredients.
• Prepares dough and bakes pastries and desserts.
• Requisitions, receives, inspects and stores food; informs supervisor of supplies needed.
• May deliver food to various locations as required.

Skills

Food preparation

Kitchen sanitation

Teamwork

Job description

Summary

Under general supervision, to prepare, cook, and dispense food in quantity in a kitchen; to maintain cooking equipment and working areas; and to do related work as required.

Duties & Essential Job Functions

• Prepares meats and vegetables for cooking, using electric meat grinders, vegetable peelers and slicers, and hand tools.
• Cooks meats, fish, vegetables, soups, cereals and other foods, using steam-jacketed kettles, revolving or other large ovens, meat roasters and other commercial cooking equipment or kitchen equipment.
• Carves meat for serving, and serves or oversees the serving of food, ensuring the prompt apportionment of food to tray line and the cafeteria.
• Cleans utensils and equipment and keeps working areas in good order; and maintains standards of safety and sanitation.
• Relieves butchers and bakers; may act as First Cook on a relief or training basis; plans and/or helps plan recipes and follows oral and written instructions to prepare and cook all foods; weighs food items for cooking.
• Prepares dough and bakes cakes, cookies, and other pastries and desserts.
• Requisitions, receives, inspects and stores food stuffs, and keeps supervisor informed of supplies needed.
• Cooks (SAN) may be required to deliver food to various locations.

Minimum Qualifications

Either I One year of experience in the class of Assistant Cook with Alameda County Medical Center Or II Two years of experience in quantity cooking for at least 200 people per meal in an institutional kitchen such as a hospital, juvenile detention center, prison facility, military installation, or a large restaurant or hotel.

Required Licences/Certifications

Certain (SAN) positions may require incumbents to possess a valid California Motor Vehicle Operators License