Cook

Atria Senior Living, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in senior living is seeking a dedicated Cook to join their Dining Services team. In this role, you will prepare nutritious and appealing meals, ensuring a safe and efficient kitchen operation. Your culinary skills will shine as you follow Holiday menus and recipes while maintaining high standards of food safety and sanitation. This is a great opportunity to enhance resident satisfaction through culinary excellence and effective communication. If you have a passion for cooking and customer service, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in cooking within a full-service restaurant.
• Knowledge of sanitation and safe food handling practices.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious and attractive meals for residents.
• Ensure kitchen operations are efficient and safe.
• Follow sanitation standards and resolve food complaints.

Skills

Meal Preparation

Customer Service

Food Safety Practices

Effective Communication

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

Responsibilities

In the role of Cook and member of the Dining Services team, you will be responsible to prepare nutritious, appetizing, and attractive meals for our residents and ensure a smooth, efficient and safe operation of the kitchen.

• Review menus and food-production instructions and prepare meals following Holiday menus and recipes while ensuring portion-control standards.
• Oversee preparation and set-up of serving carts to serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner.
• Follow food safe handling procedures in preparation as well as proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food.
• Ensure logs are accurately completed in a timely manner. i.e., refrigerator, freezer and production sheets)
• Follow Holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts.
• Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-compliant issues as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking
• Ability to prepare and follow Holiday recipes
• Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills
• General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food handling practices
• Basic Computer skills preferred