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Job Details

Job Title    Cook 

Reports To    Lead Cook, Sous Chef, Executive Chef

Salary Grade    N1

FLSA Status    Non-exempt

Effective Date    May 2024

Summary

A Cook is responsible to prepare nutritionally balanced meals served to our sheltered/non-sheltered clients and employees by following recipes and outlined menus. Duties include preparing ingredients, following kitchen cleaning schedules, adhering to the department’s recipes and menus, and following food health and safety procedures. Cooks are expected to work in a fast-paced environment on their feet for extended periods of time.  Operating kitchen equipment is part of a Cook’s daily responsibility. This may include operating a grill, oven, stove, tilt skillet, or meat slicer. In addition, Cooks are responsible to follow all department safety protocols and company policies and procedures. 

Essential Functions

•    Preparation of meal ingredients, which includes washing, cleaning, peeling, cutting, and chopping fruit, vegetables, poultry, and meats. 

•    Strictly following meal schedules.

•    Cooking high volume meals. 

•    Cooking and handling food according to food health and safety standards.

•    Sanitizing and cleaning work stations and utensils.

•    Assist other cooks in preparing food or helping other team members when needed.

•    Pull food from industrial freezers as scheduled.

•    Properly store, rotated, label, and date all food products. 

•    Check work environment for safety hazards and report them to a supervisor. 

•    Properly portion and serve food.

•    Draw and record temperatures of food, walk-in fridges, and walk-in freezers to ensure food maintained in a safe range.

•    On time completion of assigned training and policies.

•    Performs other duties as assigned.

•    Deep cleaning projects.

Qualifications

•    Minimum of 1-year cooking experience in a professional kitchen

•    Ability to pass a food safety exam to obtain a food handlers card

•    Physically able to stand and move during the length of shift; able to bend and kneel through shift; able to lift up to 25-50 pounds

•    Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently to meet deadlines

•    Ability to work as part of a team

•    Possess Intermediate or better knife skills

•    Understanding and being able to demonstrate the basics of food handling safety practices

•    Ability to exercise intermediate cooking skills and techniques

•    Participate in an annual Tuberculosis screening and/or other screenings when necessary.

•    Food Service or Culinary Training - Preferred 

•    High volume cooking experience - Preferred  

About Father Joe’s Villages

At Father Joe’s Villages, we’re looking for compassionate, mission-driven individuals to join our team and help us end homelessness one life at a time. Our work is driven by our C.R.E.E.D which is the foundation for our interactions with clients, volunteers, other staff members and the community at large:

Our Values

•    Compassion-Concern for others and the desire to assist.

•    Respect-An act of giving particular or special regard.

•    Empathy-Understanding and being aware of and sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and the experience of others without judgment.

•    Empowerment-Helping others to help themselves.

•    Dignity-All people are considered worthy of our esteem.