Senior Large-Scale Kitchen Cook & Lead

New York State Office of Mental Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

New York State Office of Mental Health is seeking a cook for a State facility to prepare and cook a variety of foods for residents, review menus, and plan schedules to ensure timely service. The role involves measuring ingredients, following State recipes, and maintaining quality through cooking, tasting, and seasoning adjustments.

Responsibilities include distributing meals, and potentially supervising a small kitchen staff, with instruction and oversight to maintain standards.

Qualifications

• Three years’ experience in large-scale cooking.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks a variety of foods for residents within a State facility.
• Reviews menus to determine type and quantity of food to be prepared and plans cooking schedule so foods are ready at prescribed time.
• Measures, mixes, cuts, grinds, chops and seasons ingredients according to State recipes using hand and power kitchen utensils.
• Bakes, roasts, broils, fries and steams food as called for in recipes.
• Observes and tastes food and adds ingredients and seasoning to improve texture and flavor, tests food for completion of cooking time and adjusts heat controls; carves and divides portions into individual servings.
• Arranges for distribution of food by placing into service trays or packing food for distribution to separate dining areas.
• May supervise a small kitchen staff of Food Service Workers 1 and 2 by: making specific work assignments, directing general cleaning after each meal, providing oral and written instructions regarding materials, utensils and procedures to be performed, overseeing and inspecting performance to ensure that instructions, procedures and standards are observed.

Skills

Large-scale cooking

Kitchen supervision

Job description

New York State Office of Mental Health is seeking a cook for a State facility to prepare and cook a variety of foods for residents, review menus, and plan schedules to ensure timely service. The role involves measuring ingredients, following State recipes, and maintaining quality through cooking, tasting, and seasoning adjustments.

Responsibilities include distributing meals, and potentially supervising a small kitchen staff, with instruction and oversight to maintain standards.