Cook - La Entrada (Part Time)

Amity Foundation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Employer Sponsored Medical,Dental

Vision Plans

Paid Vacation, Sick time, Holidays

401K, HSA, Life insurance

Community action programs

Job summary

Amity Foundation is seeking a Cook to prepare three balanced meals daily for our program, ensuring sanitation, nutrition, and safety are top priorities. You will follow approved recipes, help with ordering, and maintain cost controls while training students in food-service skills.

Requirements include a High School diploma or GED, at least one year of culinary experience, a valid state driver’s license, and ServeSafe certification.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED) or actively pursuing
• One year related culinary experience and/or training
• Current state driver’s license
• ServeSafe Certification
• Ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs
• Maintain values and confidentiality
• High-performance standards applied to work activities

Responsibilities

• Work with Food Service Manager to plan, prepare, and present three balanced meals daily for the program
• Assist in ordering and storing food meeting CDPH and LA County Health standards
• Follow monthly rotation menu and ensure meals are on time
• Maintain high standards in dining room and kitchen
• Assist in training students in cooking, food prep, and presentation
• Support community building activities and schedule adherence
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Skills

Culinary experience

Sanitation knowledge

Safety compliance

CDPH standards knowledge

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

ServeSafe Certification

Job description

Amity Foundation internationally acclaimed teaching, and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join. Join us as a Cook. With this groundbreaking opportunity not only will you be working with our prison program students, but you will also be enhancing your training and experience in the field by supplying nourishment to the student population.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

The Cook is responsible for the preparation of all meals, assuring that the meals are prepared on time, assuring that sanitation, nutrition, and safety are priorities at all times, and assuming responsibility for following all recipes in order to maintain quality and cost control.

What You Will Do:

• Works directly with the Food Service Manager in the daily planning, preparation, and presentation of three (3) balanced meals a day for the entire program.
• Assists in the ordering and storing of food that meets all CDPH, and LA County Health Department food preparation standards.
• Follows the monthly rotation menu.
• Helps maintain a high standard of physical excellence in the foodservice dining room and kitchen.
• Assists in the training and development of students learning the vocation of food service which includes cooking, food preparation, and presentation of the meal, dining room. esthetics, food storage procedures, and daily hygiene.
• Attends Community Building day activities.
• Follows the Community schedule and presents all meals on time.
• Additional duties as assigned

What You Will Bring:

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED) or actively working toward HS Diploma or GED.
• One year related culinary experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current state driver's license
• ServeSafe Certification
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50lbs.
• Maintain social, ethical, and organizational values and norms; build trust and confidence with the staff and with the students; respect confidentiality.
• Applies high-performance standards to all work-related activities.

What we Offer:

• 100% Employer Sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision Plans.
• Paid Vacation, Sick time, & Holidays.
• 401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs
• An organization committed to community action
• Community-oriented workplace

$20 - $22 an hour