COOK (ON CALL)

Restaurant Associates; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 28,413 - 40,467; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Health and Wellness Programs

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Job summary

Restaurant Associates is hiring an on call Cook for their Morgan Stanley location in Purchase, NY. The role involves preparing high-quality meals, maintaining kitchen cleanliness, and ensuring food safety standards are met.

Ideal candidates have prior catering or restaurant experience and are willing to learn. Pay starts at $25.00 per hour with variable hours based on demand.

Qualifications

• Previous catering, corporate café, or restaurant experience is preferred.
• Willingness to be trained is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares high‑quality food items according to standardized recipes.
• Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining cleanliness.
• Reports needed maintenance, faulty equipment or accidents.

Skills

Food preparation

HACCP standards

Kitchen equipment maintenance

Customer service

Job description

Job Summary

We have an opening for on call Cook positions located at Morgan Stanley – 2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577. The schedule is on call with days and hours that may vary; more details will be provided during the interview. Pay is $25.00 per hour.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares high‑quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
• Serves meals or prepares meals for delivery, ensuring correct portioning, temperature, appearance, and taste; also tastes all prepared food items.
• Uses established ticket collection procedures during service and is responsible for records from the area worked during service periods.
• Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness; stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food‑handling procedures.
• Maintains refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat, ensuring food and supply items are stored per standards.
• Operates and maintains kitchen equipment as instructed.
• Assists in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required.
• Assists in the ordering and receiving of all food and supplies as required.
• Reports needed maintenance, faulty equipment or accidents to the supervisor immediately.
• Attends in‑service and safety meetings.
• Maintains good working relationships with coworkers, customers, administrators and managers.
• Performs job safely while maintaining a clean, safe work environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures proper presentation, portion control and maintenance of serving temperatures; follows HACCP standards.
• Personal commitment to your own safety and that of others.
• Abides by all company policies and procedures, including but not limited to:
• Using medium‑weight cut gloves when handling knives, peelers, choppers, mandolins or cleaning a slicer.
• Using oven mitts, fryer gloves or steamer gloves when handling hot pans from ovens, warmers or steamtables.
• Using slip‑resistant shoes and proper lifting techniques.

Qualifications

Previous catering, corporate café, or restaurant experience is preferred. Willingness to be trained is required.

Benefits

• Retirement Plan
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits (including Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Services, and Choice Auto and Home Program)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/AD
• Disability Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Compass Group is an equal opportunity employer. At Compass, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. This job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity.

Application Notice

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.