Cook

Job Description

Come join our dedicated team at Cypress Village, a wonderful place to work! Cypress Village is a 120 acre and wooded lakefront community in Jacksonville close to Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville beaches and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a team with astrong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impacting our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at Cypress Village. Today, Cypress Village is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at Cypress Village.

You are excited about this opportunity because you will…

1. Exemplify at all times community standards of cleanliness, sanitation and operational organization.
2. Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
3. Produce and serve menu cycle programs that are compliant with required Nutritional/Dietary criteria as required by local regulations and correctly prepare diets provided per Policy and Procedure.
4. Exhibit cooking standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
5. Demonstrate knowledge in all areas of cooking preparation and production.
6. Assist with serving of meals and ware washing as necessary.
7. Visit residents periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conduct evaluations to make revisions in operations / procedures to promote improved food service.
8. Will report directly to our sous chefs.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High school diploma
• Culinary degree preferred
• SERV Safe certification preferred
• Minimum of one year restaurant/senior living or equivalent cooking experience

Wage range $17.50-18.50.

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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