Cook II - Evenings

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope in Duarte, CA is seeking a dedicated cook to prepare and cook hot and cold items for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and catered events. You will follow recipes, manage portions, and work at a fast pace in a hospital setting.

Ideal candidates have 3–4 years of related experience and a high school diploma or GED. The role includes evening shifts and weekend work as part of a rotation or set schedule.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
• 3 to 4 years of related work experience.
• Preferably: Cook experience in the hospital setting. Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash-handling procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks foods to order, potentially at a la carte and grill station.
• Provides high-quality service to customers at all times.
• Follows recipes and prepares a variety of foods using kitchen equipment and proper safety procedures.
• Estimates food requirements, checks production, and assists with supplies and equipment planning.
• Maintains clean and sanitized work stations and adheres to safety rules.

Skills

Cooking

Food prep

Customer service

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Cash handling

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.

Evening shifts scheduled from 11:30a-8p Or 12p-8:30p. Includes weekends, both a rotation or set schedule.

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 and broader preparation time.

  • May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.

• Provides high-quality service to customers 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 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. Produces small to large batch goods using advanced and full range of classic 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.

• 3 to 4 years of related work experience.

• Preferably:Cook experience in the hospital setting.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.