School Kitchen Chef - Scratch Cooking & Fast-Paced Prep

Elior; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (FT Employees)

Dental

Vision

Voluntary UNUM offering for Accident,

Job summary

Elior Independent School Dining is hiring an experienced cook to join the NC School of Math & Science kitchen. You will work with a motivated team in a fast-paced environment, focusing on quality meals and safe food handling. This full-time onsite role offers growth within a supportive educational dining program.

The role emphasizes scratch cooking, precise portion control, and creative presentation while maintaining a clean, organized kitchen and strong customer service.

Qualifications

• At least one year’s prior culinary experience in a high-volume establishment with scratch cooking.
• Working knowledge of proper culinary methods, techniques, and standards.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Customer service experience is required.
• Food handlers’ certification is a nice-to-have.

Responsibilities

• Quality and portion control
• Food preparation
• Creative food presentation
• Maintaining kitchen
• Ensuring food is stored properly
• Following safe food handling policies, procedures and recipes

Skills

Culinary Experience

Culinary Methods

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Multitasking

Job description

Elior Independent School Dining is hiring an experienced cook to join the NC School of Math & Science kitchen. You will work with a motivated team in a fast-paced environment, focusing on quality meals and safe food handling. This full-time onsite role offers growth within a supportive educational dining program.

The role emphasizes scratch cooking, precise portion control, and creative presentation while maintaining a clean, organized kitchen and strong customer service.