Employee-Owned Kitchen Cook — Fresh, Fast, Team-Driven

Culinour; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Culinour is seeking a reliable Cook to join our dining team at a client site and grow with resident-focused dining. You will prepare ingredients, follow recipes, ensure food safety, and deliver high-quality, tasty meals for residents.

Responsibilities include cooking to standardized recipes, maintaining cleanliness, storing food safely, and working with a team to meet service schedules. Experience in healthcare or senior living is preferred; Servsafe is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work quickly and efficiently.
• Must be comfortable following recipes and working with technology (tablets).
• Must be detailed oriented and work as part of a team.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and be on call for emergencies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
• Must possess customer service skills; communicate with residents while maintaining a professional attitude.
• Attention to detail, and the ability to follow instructions for reading recipes, residents’ orders, and daily prep lists.
• Must be able to multi-task and resolve issues simultaneously without sacrificing quality or safety.
• Culinary experience desired, ideally in healthcare, senior living, hospitality, or similar setting.
• Experience working as a line cook, preferred.
• Servsafe Food Handler or Food Manager, preferred.
• Possess understanding of cooking methods, procedures, and proper knife handling skills.
• Above all, a positive attitude and willingness to learn and follow instructions so that you may become independent in your work.
• Ability to perform repetitive motion such as reaching, bending, stooping and hand, wrist, and body movement on-line cutting/preparing food items.
• Ability to lift to a maximum of 40 lbs.
• Ability to walk and stand 90% throughout shift.

Responsibilities

• Prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and daily prep list instructions to meet production, delivery, and service schedules for a population with diverse needs and preferences.
• Serves meals or prepares for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature, and is attractive and tasty.
• Responsible for the preparation of menu items as assigned by the Sous and Executive Chef(s).
• Able to meet established food preparation times during busy meal periods.
• Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and sanitation.
• Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures.

Skills

Work quickly

Follow recipes

Attention to detail

Team player

Flexible schedule

Customer service

Food safety

Multitasking

Healthcare experience

Line cook experience

ServSafe/food safety cert

Knife handling

Positive attitude

Repetitive motion ability

Lifting 40 lbs

Stand/walk 90%

Job description

Culinour is seeking a reliable Cook to join our dining team at a client site and grow with resident-focused dining. You will prepare ingredients, follow recipes, ensure food safety, and deliver high-quality, tasty meals for residents.

Responsibilities include cooking to standardized recipes, maintaining cleanliness, storing food safely, and working with a team to meet service schedules. Experience in healthcare or senior living is preferred; Servsafe is a plus.