Cook II

Description

• Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg, a 5-Star rated Continuing Care Retirement Community in Central VA is seeking a Cook II to join our team! Full-time position available with complete benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 403B with match, and more.
• Responsible to prepare and cook food requiring short and broader preparation time, complete food preparation duties, receive inventory, move and lift foodstuffs and supplies, and ensure high customer/resident satisfaction. Ensure compliance with all state and federal requirements for the department.
• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short and broader preparation time.
• May produce food and serve customers at an a la carte station and may operate a grill station.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Reads food order or received verbal instructions on food required by customers, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, check production, and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all Westminster Canterbury, client and regulatory rules and procedures.

Requirements

• Must be a high school graduate or GED.
• Minimum of two years (3 to 4 years preferred) restaurant cooking experience.
• Cross-trained in various jobs within department or ability to do so.
• Serve Safe certificate required or must be willing to obtain within 6 months.
• Knowledge of food handling and safety procedures. Knowledge of HACCP preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Ability to work well with all types of individuals.
• Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg is committed to best practices for infection control; therefore, we will require all team members to receive the influenza vaccine and recommend the COVID-19 vaccine.