Line Cook

Porters Neck Village; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading company in senior living as a Cook, responsible for high-quality meal preparation and service. This part-time position emphasizes hospitality while ensuring nutritional standards are met for the residents. If you are passionate about cooking and senior engagement, we want to meet you!

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Culinary degree and Serve safe certification preferred.
• Minimum of one year cooking experience in restaurant or senior living.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness, quality, and presentation of food.
• Produce menu compliant with dietary criteria.
• Evaluate food service with residents for quality improvements.

Skills

Cleanliness

Sanitation

Cooking Preparation

Customer Engagement

Education

High school diploma

Culinary degree

Serve safe certification

Job description

When you work at Porters Neck Village, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Porters Neck Village is recruiting for a hospitality focused Cook to join our team! This position is responsible for full-scope, hands on production cooking in the Community Culinary Services Department. Is responsible for maintaining a superior level of quality service and cleanliness at all times.

This position pays $17-20/hr based on verified years of experience. Schedule varies.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Cook:

• Exemplify at all times Community standards of cleanliness, sanitation and operational organization.
• Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Produce and serve menu cycle programs that are compliant with required Nutritional/Dietary criteria
• Exhibit cooking standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Demonstrate knowledge in all areas of cooking preparation and production.
• Assist with serving of meals and ware washing as necessary.
• Visit residents periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conduct evaluations to make revisions in operations / procedures to promote improved food service.
• Represent the community in a warm and inviting manner, which creates a positive marketing environment.
• Supports creating a culture where the business decisions made in this position, along with individual employee engagement, drive top-line revenue and occupancy.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High school diploma
• Culinary degree preferred
• Serve safe certification preferred
• Minimum of one year restaurant/senior living or equivalent cooking experience

Porters Neck Village fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises in all of our job descriptions.

LCS Hospitality Promises

• We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.
• We treat everyone with courteous respect.
• We strive to anticipate resident, employee, and guest needs and act accordingly.
• We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
• We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
• We embrace and value our differences.
• We make residents, employees, and guests feel important.
• We ask “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
• We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
• We pay attention to details.

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

EEO Employer

Job Info

• Job Identification 25589
• Posting Date 05/16/2025, 06:55 PM
• Job Schedule Part time
• Locations 1200 Porters Neck Rd., Wilmington, NC, 28411, US