Line Cook
Company: Covenant Living at Windsor Park
Category: Other
Carol Stream
Type: Full Time
Covenant Living at Windsor Park has a Line Cook position to fill. The Line Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. Produces small to large batch goods using advanced and full range of classical cooking techniques.
Responsible for the preparation of food for residents in a Senior Living / Healthcare environment. Standardized recipes to achieve proper quantities and consistent high quality. Maintain a high standard of sanitation within the department and ensure requirements are met in accordance with organization standards as well as federal, state, and local regulation.
Compensation pay range is $17.26 – $20.72. Benefits include Medical, dental and vision insurance; Employer paid group term life and disability; Paid Time Off (PTO) & six paid holidays; 403(b) with a 3% employer match; Fitness center use at most facilities; and more. Below list some food preparation and other responsibilities.
- Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short to mid-level preparation time.
- May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte 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 receives verbal instructions on food required by patron and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
- Provides the highest quality of service to customers.
- Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other food products for consumption in eating establishments.
- Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction 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, checks production, and keeps records to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
- Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training and applies principles of food safety to food preparation and sanitation practices.
- Receive inventory, move, and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.
- May produce some batch goods using basic cooking technique.
- Take and record temperatures and correct temperature discrepancies.
- Clean and sanitize workstations and equipment and must follow all regulatory rules and procedures.
- Assist with set ups. Break down and clean up serving lines and other food areas.
- Properly record and label, with appropriate dates and store properly.