Cook ~ Senior Living Community Kirkland

Position

Cook — Full-time, Non-exempt. Pay Rate: $27.00.

Schedule:

Saturday - Wednesday, approximately 11:30 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Morning Star Senior Living emphasizes culture and service. We seek individuals who care deeply about residents and want to do work that matters, guided by servant-leadership and a commitment to elevating and celebrating the lives of our resident-heroes.

The cook is responsible for preparation, cooking, seasoning, and serving adequate, attractive, nutritious, and balanced meals, including meat, fish, fowl, vegetables, fruit, soups, salads, desserts, breads, and pastries, as specified and scheduled by the menus. The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.

• Handle and prepare food that is palatable, appetizing, and attractive.
• Comply with meal schedules.
• Follow standard recipes, but make independent decisions in line with current experience.
• Understand importance of proper food-handling techniques and hazards of improper food handling.
• Be familiar with seasoning and cooking time required.
• Be aware of cooking characteristics of various cuts of meats, fish and fowl.
• Estimate quantities of food required and apportion servings while monitoring portion controlled guidelines for individual residents.
• Prepare foodstuffs for cooking:
  Peel, wash, trim, and cut vegetables and fruit; wash, cut, de-bone and trim meat, fish and fowl.
• Taste, smell, and observe food to ensure conformity with recipes and appearance.
• Serve food according to dietary guidelines, checking each tray for completeness and accuracy.
• Cook food:
  Bake, roast, stew and steam-cook meats, fish and fowl, basting as necessary to retain flavor; make gravies, stocks, dressings, sauces and soups.
• Prepare cold meats, sandwiches, griddle cakes, cooked cereals, and beverages.

• Health Insurance offerings such as medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Other Insurance offerings such as life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance
• 401k plan with matching
• HSA options
• Employee assistance programs
• Paid sick, vacation and birthday!
• Career development programs and opportunity for advancement
• Charitable and philanthropic opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free shift meal

• Demonstration of our Core Values:
  Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect.
• Education:
  
  High school diploma preferred, but at minimum the ability to read and write English.
• Experience:
  
  Previous experience in the dietary department of a health care facility preferred.
• Job Knowledge:
  Ability to prepare and cook a variety of foods in large quantities; aware of special diets, seasoning requirements, cooking times, temperature controls; ability to estimate quantities of food required, limit waste, and utilize leftovers while serving attractive, appetizing meals.
• Team members who are scheduled to work 24 or more hours per week are eligible for benefits; families of said team members will also be eligible.