Cook I - Evenings, OC

City of Hope; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope in Irvine, CA is seeking a dedicated cook to prepare, portion, and present hot and cold items for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and events. You will read orders, cook to specification, and ensure high-quality food service while maintaining cleanliness and safety standards.

Responsibilities include following recipes, assisting with inventory and production planning, and delivering excellent customer service in a fast-paced hospital food service environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED or equivalent experience.
• 0 to 2 years of related work experience.
• Preferred knowledge of equipment operation and cash-handling procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks ‘to order’ foods that may require short preparation time.
• Provides excellent customer service at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all City of Hope and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Attends allergy and foodborne illness in-service training. Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments. Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Cash handling

Equipment operation

Food prep

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

This role will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below, but City of Hope may identify other responsibilities of the position.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Prepares and cooks ‘to order’ foods that may require short preparation time.
• May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and City of Hope standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• May prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.
• Provides excellent customer service at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments. Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use. May produce some batch goods using basic cooking techniques.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all City of Hope and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training. Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments. Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
• May receive inventory and move/lift foodstuffs and supplies.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures and reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
• Follows established City of Hope and department policies, procedures, objectives, performance improvement, attendance, safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines, including adherence to the workplace Code of Conduct and Compliance Plan.
• Practices a high level of integrity and honesty in maintaining confidentiality.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Your qualifications should include:

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
• 0 to 2 years of related work experience.
• Preferred: Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.