Presidents Camp Cook - Buckeye School Arts

Presidents Camp Cook - Buckeye School of the Arts

Apply for the Presidents Camp Cook - Buckeye School of the Arts role at Gateway Unified School District.

Under the direction of the Lead Cook, assist in the preparation, setting up, serving, and selling of food; maintain the food service facility in an orderly, safe, and sanitary condition; and perform other related duties as required.

• Assist in preparation, packaging, and serving of foods, including sandwiches, salads, relishes, hot entrees, and a variety of other foods.
• Serve and sell hot and cold foods, salads, beverages, desserts, and snacks.
• Assist in maintaining the food service facility in a safe, clean, and sanitary condition.
• Bake a variety of foods and baked goods, including cakes, cookies, breads, and rolls.
• Review recipes and menus, estimate needed ingredients and time required for cooking and baking.
• Assist in receiving, inspecting, and storing foodstuffs, supplies, and materials.
• Assist with inventory control and requisitioning of foodstuffs, supplies, and materials.
• Store or dispose of excess food properly.
• Wash, sanitize, and store dishes, tableware, and kitchen utensils; scrub counters and dispose of waste properly.
• Perform duties of Lead Cook if that employee is absent.
• Maintain high standards of personal hygiene.
• Operate dishwasher and wash trays, plates, utensils, and other serving equipment.
• Assist in setting up food preparation lines.
• May fill vending machines.
• Operate, clean, and store kitchen equipment.
• Maintain daily production records in a snack bar.
• Operate and balance a cash register and daily records.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of methods, procedures, and techniques of cooking and baking in large quantities.
• Standard food service appliances and equipment.
• Sanitation and safety practices and procedures.
• Child Nutrition Program requirements.
• Basic arithmetical calculations and measurement processes.

• Skillfully cook and bake.
• Lift and transport foodstuffs, materials, and supplies.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Adhere to standard menus and recipes in the preparation of foods and snacks.
• Operate and maintain food service related equipment.
• Requisition, receive, and store foodstuff and supplies.

Employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to handle items, talk or hear, walk, reach with hands and arms, taste or smell, occasionally sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, and a typically loud noise level.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.

Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and skill. Typical ways to obtain the required knowledge and skill include:

• One year of experience in quantity baking, cooking, salad preparation, and food service facility maintenance in a commercial, institutional, or school food service facility.

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by training or coursework in nutrition and safety and sanitation procedures, or related areas.