Assistant to Head Cook ~ Food Service RSD#7

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:

• 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
• Moving heavy packages, boxes, and/or other food-related items as needed
• Twist, lift, carry, push, and pull items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ensure that established health and safety procedures are followed
• Assist the Head Cook in ordering of food for lunches; knowledge and skills in large quantities of food preparation, cooking, and food handling
• Follow 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

Assistant Cook/Kitchen Utility employee will cook in the cafeteria cook's absence.

Position Requirements:

• Must work with hot ovens, sharp tools, occasionally slippery floors, and heavy objects (up to 50 pounds)
• Must wear required uniforms and hair restraints at all times on the job
• Must give regular and consistent attendance

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Previous food service or catering experience, Culinary Arts, plus one or two years of relevant cooking experience, including some supervisory/leadership experience
• Ability to operate and care for institutional/industrial equipment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate courteously, efficiently, and effectively with a variety of individuals/coworkers/students, staff, administrators, parents, and representatives outside of RSD#7
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Good team player able to assist wherever help is needed
• Possess good judgment
• Requires working independently and as a team
• Regular and consistent attendance is considered an essential function of this position
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide currency, recipes and production records
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions

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 (View email address on click.appcast.io)

Regional School District No. 7 100 Battistoni Drive Winsted, CT 06098

Questions: Interested applicants can contact kitchen manager Kristin La Mesa-Hamzy at View phone number on click.appcast.io or email View email address on click.appcast.io.

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.