Senior Living Cook — Nourish with Heart

iFood; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k plan with matching

HSA options

Paid sick, vacation and birthday

Career development programs

Advancement opportunities

Charitable and philanthropicOpportun

Job summary

MorningStar Senior Living at Applewood in Lakewood, CO is seeking a Cook for a full-time, non-exempt role. The cook will prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals per menus while upholding safety and quality standards for residents.

Schedule: Friday & Saturday 6am-2pm, Sunday & Monday 10am-7pm. Benefits include health/dental/vision, 401k with match, HSA, paid time off, career development, and advancement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma preferred, but at minimum the ability to read and write English.
• Experience: Previous experience in the dietary department of health care facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• The cook is responsible for preparation, cooking, seasoning, and serving adequate, attractive, nutritious, and balanced meals, including meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, fruit, soups, salads, desserts, breads, and pastries, as specified and scheduled by the menus.
• Carry out duties in accordance with current federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.
• 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 and with 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, and prepare gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.
• Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.

Job description

MorningStar Senior Living at Applewood in Lakewood, CO is seeking a Cook for a full-time, non-exempt role. The cook will prepare, season, and serve nutritious meals per menus while upholding safety and quality standards for residents.

Schedule: Friday & Saturday 6am-2pm, Sunday & Monday 10am-7pm. Benefits include health/dental/vision, 401k with match, HSA, paid time off, career development, and advancement opportunities.