Part-time Cook: Senior Living with Benefits

MorningStar Senior Living; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with match

HSA options

Paid time off

Career development

Charitable opportunities

Job summary

MorningStar Senior Living in Everett, WA is seeking a part-time Cook to prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals for residents. You will follow menus, use standard recipes, and ensure food safety and quality.

Responsibilities include batch cooking, portion control, meeting dietary guidelines, and maintaining schedule adherence. Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k, and paid time off; team culture focused on care and servant leadership.

Qualifications

• Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.
• Education: High school diploma preferred, but ability to read and write English is required.
• Experience: Previous experience in the dietary department of health care facility preferred.
• Job Knowledge: Ability to prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities; aware of diets, cooking times, portion control.

Responsibilities

• Handle and prepare food that is palatable, appetizing, and attractive.
• Comply with meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes but make independent decisions in line with current experience.
• Understand importance of proper food-handling techniques and hazards of improper food handling.
• Be familiar with seasoning and cooking time required.
• Be aware of cooking characteristics of various cuts of meats, fish and fowl.
• Estimate quantities of food required and apportion servings while monitoring portion-controlled guidelines for individual residents.
• Prepare foodstuffs for cooking: Peel, wash, trim, and cut vegetables and fruit; wash, cut, de-bone and trim meat, fish and fowl.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure conformity with recipes and appearance.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking each tray for completeness and accuracy.
• Cook food: Bake, roast, stew and steam-cook meats, fish and fowl, basting as necessary to retain flavor; make gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.

Skills

Food preparation

Large quantity cooking

Dietary restrictions awareness

Portion control

Education

High school diploma preferred

Read and write English

Job description

MorningStar Senior Living in Everett, WA is seeking a part-time Cook to prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals for residents. You will follow menus, use standard recipes, and ensure food safety and quality.

Responsibilities include batch cooking, portion control, meeting dietary guidelines, and maintaining schedule adherence. Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k, and paid time off; team culture focused on care and servant leadership.