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Cook for award winning Lake St Charles Independent Living and Assisted Living Community.

Lake St. Charles is an award‑winning Independent Living and Assisted Living Community located in Saint Charles, MO. We sit on 13 private acres and have over 175 apartments.

The Dietary Cook performs specified duties to maintain high standards of quality food preparation, production, service, and portion control, using standardized recipes, for all customers.

• Assists in receiving and storing food and supplies to prevent waste and assure quality products. Dates, labels, and stores items properly. Uses proper food handling techniques.
• Reviews menus, therapeutic menus, recipes, and production sheets before preparing meals; prepares and serves diets properly, accurately, and attractively as planned using proper portions and special diet items.
• Follows standardized recipes and special diet orders, preparing sufficient quantities to meet all service requirements.
• Responsible for testing and tasting foods of all consistencies for proper appearance, flavor, aroma, and temperature and adjust if needed.
• Responsible for timing of preparation of meals/snacks to meet time schedule for service for patients and customers to ensure all meals/snacks are served as scheduled.
• Checks trays for accuracy of diets, preferences, and quality before they are delivered. Serves on tray line and delivers carts to floors as needed.

Part Time and Full Time

AM and PM shifts available.

Lake St. Charles Retirement Center is pleased to be a part of the NHC family. We are celebrating our 50-year Anniversary at National Health Care Corporation!! We offer a culture of recognition, empowerment, and fun. At NHC, we are all partners (employees) in a family‑oriented work atmosphere where growth and opportunities are promoted. We provide competitive compensation with performance wage rate increases.

Healthcare food service experience preferred, not required.

• Earned Time Off
• Holiday Incentive Pay
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
• 401k with generous company contributions
• Uniforms
• Advancement Opportunities

Lake St. Charles Retirement Center
45 Honey Locust Ln
St Charles, MO 63303

If you are interested in working for a leader in Independent and Assisted Living Community and share our values of honesty and integrity, please apply today and find out more about us at Lake St Charles Retirement Center.

"Care is our business" - join our family and see why we strive to provide "care in a better way"!

"NHC is 50 years Committed, 50 years Caring, 50 years Strong"

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