Lead Institutional Cook - Hospital-Scale Kitchen

Alameda Health Sytem; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Alameda Health System in Alameda, CA seeks an AHD Cook to prepare, cook, and dispense food in quantity for the cafeteria, patients, and catering. Under general supervision, you will maintain cooking equipment and follow safety standards.

You will carve meat, prepare salads and desserts, supervise relief cooks, assist with recipe planning, requisition supplies, and deliver meals promptly while delivering excellent customer service to all customers.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in the class of Assistant Cook with Alameda Health System.
• Two years of quantity cooking for at least 200 people per meal in an institutional kitchen such as a hospital, juvenile detention center, prison facility, military installation or a large restaurant or hotel.

Responsibilities

• Carves meat for serving, and serves or oversees the serving of food, ensuring the prompt apportionment of food to tray line and the cafeteria.
• Cleans utensils and equipment and keeps working areas in good order; and maintains standards of safety and sanitation.
• Cooks meat, fish, vegetables, soups, cereals and other foods, using steam-jacketed kettles, revolving or other large ovens, meat roasters and other commercial cooking equipment or kitchen equipment.
• Delivers food to various locations promptly and safely.
• Prepares salads and desserts as needed for cafeteria, patients and catering.
• Prepares meats and vegetables for cooking, using electric meat grinders, vegetable peelers and slicers and hand tools.
• Relieves others cooks for breaks; may act as Lead Cook on a relief or training basis; plans and/or helps plan recipes and follows oral and written instructions to prepare and cook all foods; weighs food items for cooking.
• Requisitions, receives, inspects and stores food stuffs, and keeps supervisor informed of supplies needed.
• Provides excellent customer service to all customers.
• Demonstrates commitment to work unit and to AHS as a whole. Role models commitment to co-workers and patients. Seeks additional responsibilities.
• Works well with others. Mentors and support team members.

Job description

Alameda Health System in Alameda, CA seeks an AHD Cook to prepare, cook, and dispense food in quantity for the cafeteria, patients, and catering. Under general supervision, you will maintain cooking equipment and follow safety standards.

You will carve meat, prepare salads and desserts, supervise relief cooks, assist with recipe planning, requisition supplies, and deliver meals promptly while delivering excellent customer service to all customers.