Senior Living Cook - Full-Time, Nutritious Meals & Prep

Century Park Associates; Lawrenceville (GA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits

Job summary

Century Park Associates in the United States (Lawrenceville, GA) seeks a Full-Time Cook/Sous Chef to prepare nutritious, high-quality meals with a hospitality focus for residents. Shifts vary; reports to the Dining Services Director.

Experience in large-scale meal prep and ServSafe certification are required. Responsibilities include ensuring timely meals, checking menus, portion controls, and sanitation compliance.

Qualifications

• Must enjoy serving seniors
• Must demonstrate excellent customer service and hospitality
• Must demonstrate trustworthiness and dependability
• Must work efficiently and effectively with little to no supervision
• Must demonstrate effective communication skills
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment
• Must demonstrate good planning skills
• Must be able to multi task and meet deadlines
• Must maintain a professional appearance in accordance with Company standards
• Must be able to receive and resolve complaints graciously
• Must be responsive to resident requests
• Displays integrity and professionalism by adhering to Century Park’s Code of Ethics and completes all required compliance training

Responsibilities

• Maintains system to ensure timely meal services
• Checks daily menu and special events calendar to ensure necessary food and supplies are available
• Prepares meals meeting nutritional requirements as well as appetizing in appearance
• Garnishes plates to enhance overall dining experience
• Prepares food based on standardized recipes
• Makes only authorized substitutions
• Seasons food appropriately
• Serves food based on established portion controls
• Assists in preparation of special meals and for special events
• Estimates portions and utilizes leftovers appropriately to reduce food costs
• Operates kitchen within state and county regulations including sanitation, food storage, recordkeeping, food temperatures, portion sizes, chemical usage/storage
• Operates kitchen equipment safely and efficiently: steamer, oven, grill, meat slicer, mixer, grinder, dishwasher, etc.
• Maintains cooler and freezer properly: dates and labels food, no food on floor, etc.
• Assists with putting up stock on delivery days
• Assists with daily kitchen duties: washing pots/pans, putting up stock, removing trash and boxes, cleaning steam table and checking water levels
• Completes daily cleaning assignments
• Maintains a clean and sanitized work environment
• Follows local and state handwashing procedures to ensure food safety
• Assists with supervisory duties in absence of Dining Services Director

Skills

Customer service

Hospitality

Communication

Dependability

Multitasking

Planning

Professional appearance

Complaint handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Century Park Associates in the United States (Lawrenceville, GA) seeks a Full-Time Cook/Sous Chef to prepare nutritious, high-quality meals with a hospitality focus for residents. Shifts vary; reports to the Dining Services Director.

Experience in large-scale meal prep and ServSafe certification are required. Responsibilities include ensuring timely meals, checking menus, portion controls, and sanitation compliance.