Highlights

Responsible for assisting with the preparation and presentation of all food, maintaining the kitchen equipment in a safe and sanitary condition, and ensuring the efficient operation of the Food Service department by completing any other tasks as requested. Experience: Six months' food service experience in a retirement or hospitality environment; able to use sanitizers, cleaners, and chemicals; strong verbal communication skills.

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LocationOrange City, Florida

Description

Cook Full Time for Memory care Facility 

Responsible for assisting with the preparation and presentation of all food, maintaining the kitchen equipment in a safe and sanitary condition, and ensuring the efficient operation of the Food Service department by completing any other tasks as requested.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Prepare food items per the approved menus and recipes.
  • Ensure that all food is attractively presented to residents and guests. Cover, label, date and properly store all food items.
  • Follow the daily, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly cleaning schedule for all equipment, appliances, and surfaces in the food service department.
  • Assist with serving meals to residents as necessary.
  • Assist with dishwashing, cleaning, and stocking tasks as necessary.

Working Environment/ Physical Duties:

  • Frequently lift and/or carry 0-20 lbs. up to 30 yards unassisted.
  • Commercial kitchen with full scope of equipment, cooking utensils, walk-in cooler/freezer, and dry storage area primarily.
  • Assisted living community dining room and common areas secondarily.
  • Demonstrate compliance to the Safe Operations Program through appropriate attitude, awareness, and actions.
  • Requires extensive use of arms, hands, fingers, legs, and back.
  • Frequently reach, mix, push, or pull with arms and hands.
  • Frequently stand or walk for 0-3 hours at one time throughout an 8-hour day.
  • Occasionally sit for 0-2 hours at one time throughout an 8-hour day.
  • Frequently stoop, bend, kneel, climb, talk, see, and hear.
  • Frequently be exposed to hot water, stem, appropriate sanitizers, and cleaning solutions.
  • Occasionally life and/or carry up to 50 lbs. up to 30 yards unassisted.
  • May be required to support/assist a resident's full body weight.
  • Adhere to the company's mission and core values:

Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

Must pass Level 2 background screening through the Florida Clearinghouse (Learn more: https://info.flclearinghouse.com)

Experience: Six months' food service experience in a retirement or hospitality environment; able to use sanitizers, cleaners, and chemicals; strong verbal communication skills.

Licensing/ Serv-Safe Certification within 6 months of hire

 

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