MWR Cook

Navylifesw; Lemoore (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Navylifesw is seeking a skilled cook for the MWR Bowling Center at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The role focuses on preparing and cooking food, maintaining high standards of hygiene, and managing recipes for large batch production.

You will ensure food safety, quality, and consistency while coordinating multiple cooking processes and communicating effectively with the team in English.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of food handling techniques, personal hygiene standards, and safe work procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of the full range of food preparation principles including techniques to develop and revise recipes and to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Working knowledge of sanitation standards and procedures to prevent contamination, such as cleaning equipment used for raw food and using sanitizers.
• Skill to perform tasks involving several procedures to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Skill to overcome production problems, evaluate final food products, and take corrective action when quality is not met.
• Skill to develop standardized recipes for quantity cooking and adjust recipes for equipment capacity and servings.
• Skill to manage cooking processes so items are served at peak taste and safe temperatures with minimal holding times.
• Ability to coordinate a full range of food preparation activities with varied methods, timing, and many ingredients.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food in large quantities and ensure consistent quality.
• Develop standardized recipes and revise current recipes for capacity and serving needs.
• Maintain sanitation standards and proper cleanliness of equipment and work areas.
• Coordinate diverse cooking processes to deliver items with peak taste and texture.
• Monitor temperature and time controls to ensure food safety and quality.
• Communicate effectively with team members to ensure smooth kitchen operations.

Skills

Food handling techniques

Hygiene standards

Recipe development

Sanitation standards

Large quantity cooking

Quality control

Standardized recipes

Temperature control

Multi-step cooking

English communication

Job description

This position is located in the MWR Bowling Center for Naval Air Station Lemoore. The primary purpose of this position is to provide skills and experience preparing and cooking food.

• Knowledge and understanding of food handling techniques, personal hygiene standards, and safe work procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of the full range of food preparation principles including the techniques and procedures necessary to develop new or revise current recipes and to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Working knowledge of sanitation standards and procedures to prevent contamination, such as the need to clean equipment previously used for raw food before further use and the need to use a chemical sanitizer or maintain proper water temperature when cleaning dishes.
• Skill to perform tasks involving several procedures to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Skill to overcome practical production problems, evaluate final food products, and initiate corrective action when an item does not meet established quality standards.
• Skill to develop standardized recipes for quantity cooking; able to expand and modify recipes according to the capacity of the equipment in the kitchen as well and in response to adjustments in the number of servings required.
• Skill to manage various cooking processes so that food items are served at their peak taste, texture, and appearance with minimum holding periods and so that safe and critical temperature and time control points are met.
• Ability to coordinate a full range of food preparation activities involving quantity food production where a number it items are cooked simultaneously and require varied cooking methods, timing requirements, many ingredients, and numerous interrelated steps.
• Ability to communicate effective in English, both orally and in writing, and possess strong interpersonal communication skill.