Cook: Nutrition‑Driven School Kitchen & Menu Prep

Armed Services YMCA El Paso; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Armed Services YMCA is seeking a Cook to support the kitchen operations in our Virginia Beach program. The role involves planning menus with the Child Care Director and preparing diverse meals to meet nutritional and allergy considerations, while adhering to standardized recipes and safety standards.

Salary is commensurate with experience, with hourly pay between $21.00 and $23.38. The position emphasizes timely production, proper food handling, and collaboration with care staff to ensure

Responsibilities

• Plan nutritional menus with the Child Care Director and prepare all types of meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruit sauces, and gravies for menus.
• Prepare, cook, season, and portion food for all meals by following standardized recipes at different levels of difficulty and plan, regulate, and schedule cooking procedures so that numerous completed food products are ready at the appropriate temperature and time.
• Prepare menu items using special or difficult recipes that require numerous interrelated steps, many ingredients, lengthy preparation time; several complex methods including cool or chill.
• Designs, implements and maintains necessary specialized menus to ensure all children with allergies are served appropriate food and/or drink alternatives.
• Monitor temperatures and steam pressures, evaluate the condition of food being cooked at frequent intervals, and turn and baste meat to add flavor and to prevent uneven cooking and drying out.
• Modify recipes for ingredient quantities, the number of servings, and the size of the equipment available.
• In Kitchen Maintenance: regular cleaning of carts and areas; operate a mechanical dishwasher; clean equipment and surfaces and ensure sanitation.
• In Food Storage: label and date items; store leftovers per standards; unload food and supplies from delivery trucks.

Job description

Armed Services YMCA is seeking a Cook to support the kitchen operations in our Virginia Beach program. The role involves planning menus with the Child Care Director and preparing diverse meals to meet nutritional and allergy considerations, while adhering to standardized recipes and safety standards.

Salary is commensurate with experience, with hourly pay between $21.00 and $23.38. The position emphasizes timely production, proper food handling, and collaboration with care staff to ensure