Food Service Position Assistant to Head Cook - Food Service

Job Description:

TITLE: ASSISTANT to HEAD COOK

JOB GOAL: To be a contributing member of a team at RSD#7 that provides a quality food service operation to students and staff.

RATE: $20.69- $21.69 per hour per contractual agreement

START DATE: A.S.A.P.

REPORTS TO: Cafeteria Manager and Food Service Director

Major Responsibilities:

• Tasks include preparing food, which includes basic cooking, serving food to students, cleaning kitchen

equipment, using essential food preparation equipment, and assisting in putting away stock/deliveries

• Plan with head cook to determine priorities of the day -Ensure high standards of service and food quality, serve students/staff appetizing food in adequate portions - Ensure that foods are maintained at the proper temperature for storing and serving
• Monitor all foods for quality of taste, texture, and appearance; test new recipes
• Review the planned menu and thaw food products accordingly
• Essential duties include moving heavy packages, boxes, and/or other food-related items as needed.
• Essential duties of this position include twisting, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ensure that established health and safety procedures are followed. Keep abreast of changing

requirements

• Assist the Head Cook in ordering of food for lunches; knowledge and skills in large quantities of food

preparation, cooking, and food handling

• Follows all sanitation and health codes governing food preparation and personal appearance
• Communicate with all staff to ensure there is enough food for all lunch waves
• Maintains, cleans, and sanitizes workstations
• Cleans/sanitizes dishes, utensils, pots, pans, and other containers, and returns to the appropriate

location in the kitchen area

• Works with hot ovens, sharp tools, slippery floors, and heavy lifting
• General knowledge of food and nutrition preferred
• Attend all staff meetings called by the Food Service Director/Manager
• Follow all district policies and procedures
• Clean and inventory all equipment and supplies at the end of the school year
• Other duties as may be assigned
• Comply with State Sanitation Guidelines requirements stating that all employees shall keep clean and

wear clean clothes (including an apron) while engaging in handling food, drink, utensils or equipment.

• The use of caps, hairnets, headbands, pins, or other hair restraints is required for all food handlers
• Monthly Inventory
• Plan and execute the use of leftover food in alternative recipes for food service

The Assistant Cook/Kitchen Utility employee will cook in the cafeteria cooks absence.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS and QUALIFICATIONS listed on website https://www.applitrack.com/nwr7/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Support+Staff

Essential Requirements:

• Twist, lift, push, and pull items weighing up to 50 pounds - Regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to reach with hands, arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch and twist - Frequently required to taste and smell
• Moves throughout the school kitchen to prepare food and perform other duties- Must be able to push and pull carts
• Prolonged periods of standing and/or walking - May be required to work in excessive heat or cold associated with the kitchen environment

Ten-month year and wage rate as established by the Board per RSD#7 Food Service Contract.

Send cover letter, resume, and credentials to:

Kristin La Mesa-Hamzy (klamesa-hamzy@nwr7.org)

Regional School District No. 7

100 Battistoni Drive

Winsted, CT 06098

QUESTIONS: Interested applicants can contact kitchen manager Kristin La Mesa-Hamzy at

(860) 379-6998 or email klamesa-hamzy@nwr7.org.

Regional School District No. 7 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and by policy, does not discriminate

against a person because of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or gender identity.