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Prep Cook

Lakewood Retirement Community-LifeSpire
Richmond, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025

Full-Time Prep Cook 

Also willing to work weekends and holidays as needed

Exciting new wage scale! Learn more TODAY!

Join us at Lakewood where we impact lives and build careers!

We are a regional leader in senior care and are located in the west end of Richmond. Our mission is to empower individuals with choices in purposeful living built on values of faith, servant leadership, stewardship, integrity, peace of mind, innovation and joy.

If you are looking to make a difference, we’d love to talk to you!

We are seeking a very special candidate for this important role! We offer perks such as free meals, team member appreciation events, flexible scheduling and generous paid time off.  We have a strong reputation for workplace excellence and our leadership demonstrates team member commitment and appreciation every day!

Benefits:

  • Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Early access to earned wages
  • Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
  • Flexible scheduling & generous PTO plan
  • Supportive environment to grow your career
  • 4.5% dollar for dollar match on our 403B
  • First dollar generous contributions to HSA accounts plus a match!
  • Amazing residents, team members, and leaders!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Follows standardized recipes and production sheet counts when preparing meals and adjusts recipes for amounts needed as necessary
  • Works on a state of the art dinner line alongside seasoned cooks
  • High paced atmosphere with professional, high-end stacked and garnished dishes
  • Has experience with scratch cooking and working on a team
  • Prepares foods based on the production schedules utilizing wholesome ingredients 
  • Takes temperatures of foods during preparation and prior to service
  • Follows HACCP standards while producing food to ensure food safety measures are met
  • Tastes food prior to service and adjusts seasonings as needed, mindful of therapeutic diets
  • Adheres to all standards of food safety when handling food products. Follows safety precautions when using kitchen equipment
  • Practices personal cleanliness, wears clean uniforms, changing soiled apron frequently and wears hair coverings according to dress code

Minimum Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent
  • Culinary experience required
  • Senior Living experience preferred
  • Willingness to perform routine, repetitive tasks and ability to regulate and maintain workflow
  • Pleasant personality and patience exhibited while interacting with residents, guests, and team members
  • Ability to read, write, communicate, and comprehend English
  • Maintain a clean and neat appearance

At Lakewood, energy, compassion, creativity and talents are valued and rewarded.  We want you to be the best you can be – we can do this together with work/life integration, coaching, and opportunities to grow. Together we can make a difference for residents and their families. Come join our winning team!

 

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