Lead Cook & Culinary Supervisor — Food Safety Pro

Aramark Correctional Services; Beaufort (SC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Correctional Services is seeking a Lead Cook to prepare food per recipes and production guidelines while adhering to safety and sanitation standards. The role may involve supervising staff, delegating tasks, and ensuring food safety practices are followed.

The position requires experience in cooking, supervision, and the ability to work with standard kitchen equipment; flexibility to adapt to client requirements and facility needs is expected.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisor experience in a related role preferred.
• Experience as a cook or related role required.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Knowledge of basic food preparation, various cooking methods, and food safety regulations such as proper food handling, sanitation, and storage.
• Food safety certification required.
• Demonstrates basic math and counting skills.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Schedules and assigns daily work activities to staff and supervises the completion of tasks.
• Trains and guides staff on job duties, standard food safety and sanitation procedures, cooking methods, etc.
• Cooks and prepares food following production guidelines and standardized recipes
• Sets up workstation with all needed ingredients and equipment
• Prepares ingredients by measuring, weighing, mixing, chopping, trimming, and peeling food items
• Safely uses all food utensils including knives
• Operates equipment such as ovens, stoves, slicers, mixers, etc.
• Bakes, roasts, broils, steams, and uses a variety of cooking methods on meats, vegetables, and other foods
• Arranges, garnishes, and portions food following established guidelines
• Properly stores food by following food safety policies and procedures
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, equipment, and utensils
• Maintains excellent customer service with a positive attitude towards guests, customers, clients, co-workers, etc.
• Follows Aramark safety policies and procedures including food safety and sanitation
• Ensures security of company assets
• Produces and maintains work schedules and may prepare production records.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Cook experience

Food safety knowledge

Independent work

Communication skills

Education

Food safety certification

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Job description

Aramark Correctional Services is seeking a Lead Cook to prepare food per recipes and production guidelines while adhering to safety and sanitation standards. The role may involve supervising staff, delegating tasks, and ensuring food safety practices are followed.

The position requires experience in cooking, supervision, and the ability to work with standard kitchen equipment; flexibility to adapt to client requirements and facility needs is expected.