Cook I - Part time, Evenings

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope is seeking a team-oriented cook to accurately prepare, portion, cook, and present hot and cold foods for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special Events. You will uphold recipes, safety standards, and customer service excellence while working with a range of kitchen equipment at City of Hope’s facilities.

The role requires 0–2 years of related experience, a High School diploma or GED, and knowledge of basic kitchen operations and cash handling.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0–2 years of related kitchen or food service experience preferred.
• Knowledge of basic equipment operation and cash-handling procedures suggested.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook hot and cold items to order.
• Operate grill and other kitchen equipment as directed.
• Follow recipes, portion control, and plating standards.
• Ensure food safety and sanitation per City of Hope standards.
• Provide excellent customer service and maintain clean work stations.
• Attend safety trainings and comply with policies.

Skills

Customer service

Food prep

Cash handling

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Kitchen equipment operation

Cash handling systems

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.

Additional Information:

• This position is represented by a collective bargaining agreement.