Nutrition-Focused Community Kitchen Cook

The Clairmont Retirement Community; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunshine Retirement Living is seeking a dedicated food services team member to prepare nutritious meals in accordance with community menus and recipes. You will help ensure portion-control standards, proper food handling, and timely service for residents in a collaborative kitchen setting.

As part of a team, you will support meal setup, maintain cleanliness, and follow safety procedures while working under time constraints to meet daily deadlines.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent
• 2
• Must be 18 years of age
• Culinary Arts Degree or two (2) years’ experience in institutional or full-service restaurant cooking preferred
• Ability to read and prepare recipes, in careful detail
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with Food Service sanitation practices
• Ability to courteously work with staff and residents in resolving food service problems
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, with residents and staff
• Ability to work with little supervision and maintain a high level of performance and customer service
• Meets state related requirements (as applicable for position)
• Ability to work in a team setting and be a team player
• Maintain a positive, respectful, and professional approach with coworkers and residents
• Ability to keep all business and operations information confidential
• Possess excellent customer service and organizational skills
• Ability to work under time constraints and meet department deadlines
• Ability to follow and adhere to policies, procedures and standards
• Satisfactorily pass company’s and state regulated criminal record clearance, health screening and TB clearance (if applicable)

Responsibilities

• Review menus and daily food production worksheets for instructions
• Prepare meals following community menus and recipes
• Practice community portion-control standards
• Follow safe food-handling and storage procedures
• Ensure that food, supplies, and appropriate personnel are available for the meal planned
• Serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner
• Follow procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food and complete leftover logs
• Ensure temperature logs are completed at the requested times
• Follow sanitation standards by cleaning the preparation and serving areas
• Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve food-complaint issues as needed
• Assist with the set-up of special functions
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor
• May be assigned to other job functions in the community on a relief basis

Skills

Team player

English communication

Customer service

Reading recipes

Sanitation knowledge

Time management

Education

High school diploma

Culinary Arts degree or 2 years experience in institutional cooking

Job description

Sunshine Retirement Living is seeking a dedicated food services team member to prepare nutritious meals in accordance with community menus and recipes. You will help ensure portion-control standards, proper food handling, and timely service for residents in a collaborative kitchen setting.

As part of a team, you will support meal setup, maintain cleanliness, and follow safety procedures while working under time constraints to meet daily deadlines.