Cook

Cook

Help Include but not limited to:

• Independently prepares all types of food for regular and modified diets.
• Prepares, cooks, seasons, and portions food for all meals ensuring completed food products are ready at the appropriate temperature and time and are visually appealing to customers.
• Prepares menu items using special or difficult recipes that require numerous interrelated steps, many ingredients, and lengthy preparation time.
• Follows menus, production sheets and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
• Calculate and determine serving portions from quantities of food issued to include meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, sauces, and gravies for regular and modified diets.
• Coordinates the cooking of items prepared by other cooks at one or more work centers.
• Prepares complex recipes with multiple steps and lengthy preparation times.
• Washes, peels, chops, grinds, pares, cuts, slices, dices, purees, dredges, flours, breads items.
• Weighs, measures, assembles ingredients for regular and modified diets.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday: 5:00am-1:30pm and 10:00am-6:30pm with rotating weekends and holidays.

Position Description Title/PD#: Cook/PD99817S

Physical Requirements: Is subject to continuous standing, walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 lbs. unassisted and occasionally lifts or moves objects weighing more than 40 lbs. with assistance of a lifting device or other workers. Manipulates cumbersome, heavy objects, such as washing stainless steel mixing bowls, pushing heavy carts on casters or operating heavy equipment. Possesses manual dexterity to operate equipment and to handle sharp knives and blades safely