Full-Time Cook — High-Volume Kitchen, Safe Food Practices

The Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Cook for the Homewood campus to prepare high-quality meals following standardized recipes and production guidelines. You will work in a team, operate kitchen equipment, and ensure meals meet safety and quality standards.

This role requires 2 years of high-volume kitchen experience, knowledge of culinary practices, and the ability to follow HACCP and ServSafe procedures. Certifications such as ServeSafe and Allertrain should be obtained within six months.

Qualifications

• Strong passion and motivation to create great food.
• General culinary knowledge of basic kitchen practices, protocols, and procedures.
• 2 years of equivalent experience in a high-volume restaurant kitchen.
• Understanding of typical culinary units of measure.
• Ability to work safely and efficiently with large volume culinary equipment including grill, fryers, steamers, tilt skillets, and convection ovens.
• Ability to follow health and safety standards.
• Uniform standards compliance and use of PPE.
• Wear a cut resistant glove when using sharp tools.
• Timekeeping for payroll.

Responsibilities

• Prep & prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
• 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.
• Uses established ticket collection procedures, production sheets, banquet event orders, short ordering cooking during service.
• Cleans kitchen & equipment after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
• Keeps refrigerators, freezers and storerooms clean and neat.
• 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.
• Ensures security of company assets.
• Assures compliance with all HACCP, ServSafe, Department of Health and JHU sanitation and safety requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Culinary knowledge

Food safety standards

Teamwork

Time management

Independent work

Procedural follow-through

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Grill

Fryers

Steamers

Tilt skillets

Convection ovens

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Cook for the Homewood campus to prepare high-quality meals following standardized recipes and production guidelines. You will work in a team, operate kitchen equipment, and ensure meals meet safety and quality standards.

This role requires 2 years of high-volume kitchen experience, knowledge of culinary practices, and the ability to follow HACCP and ServSafe procedures. Certifications such as ServeSafe and Allertrain should be obtained within six months.