Cook

Cook at Summit summary:

The Cook position involves preparing and serving meals in a correctional facility kitchen, emphasizing scratch cooking and adherence to safety and dietary guidelines. The role requires prior culinary experience, food safety knowledge, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, structured environment alongside staff and inmates. Summit offers career growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive work environment focused on quality and community within corrections food service.

Job Reference Number: 36276
Employment Type: Full-Time, Onsite
Segment: Corrections
Brand: Summit
State: Wyoming (US-WY)

The Role at a glance:

We are looking to add a cook to work with a highly motivated and energetic kitchen staff in our Sheridan, WY location for our correctional facility kitchen division. Looking for a candidate who is ready to begin a new and exciting job with great career growth potential! As a cook for Summit, you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, efficient environment and cook delicious meals.

If you are driven, passionate about preparing and serving high quality meals, and are looking for an organization that promotes your personal growth, this could be the right role for you. Please read on!

This is not your typical restaurant job. Our kitchens are structured, consistent, and community-focused. You’ll help prepare meals that keep operations in the jail running smoothly and safely.

Applicants will be required to pass a background check in accordance with any background check procedures required by the correctional facility and applicable law.

What you'll be doing:

• Assist in preparing and serving meals according to menus and dietary guidelines
• Quality and portion control
• Food preparation
• Creative food presentation
• Maintain a clean, safe, and secure kitchen environment
• Ensuring food is stored properly
• Following safe food handling policies, procedures and recipes
• Work alongside kitchen staff, correctional staff and inmate workers

What we're looking for:

Must-haves:

• At least one years’ prior culinary experience in a quality and high-volume establishment with an emphasis on scratch cooking
• Working knowledge of proper culinary methods, techniques, and standards.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to perform multiple tasks in fast-paced environment.
• Ability to use various kitchen equipment and tools as well as identify and differentiate food items.
• Customer service experience is required.

Nice-to-haves:

• Food handlers’ certification

Why Summit?

Great opportunity for entry level candidates
Competitive Benefits! - Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Holidays, vacation pay, and sick time for full time employees
Stable Career
Growth Opportunities
No experience required - We will train you!
Weekly pay!

Compensation Range

$17.00 - $19.00 per hour

$500 Sign-on Bonus!

Our Benefits:

• Medical (FT Employees)
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary UNUM offering for Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
• Discount Program
• Commuter Benefits (Parking and Transit)
• EAP
• 401k
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay (9 paid holidays)
• Tuition Reimbursement (FT Employees)
• Paid Time Off

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About Summit:

Focused on serving correctional institutions, Summit ensures that incarcerated people across the United States have access to delicious, healthy food at each meal. Working with Summit, you will have the opportunity to aid in this process and provide inmates with vital social interaction at mealtimes.

About Elior North America:

Elior North America is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. We take pride in supporting the development of our employees and their skills at all levels and in fostering an environment of growth.

At Elior North America, we are committed to offering growth and advancement opportunities for all of our employees. The valuable skills and experience you’ve gained with Elior will propel you further in your career, whether with our corporate office or one of our brand segments.

Disclaimer: This job description can be revised by management as needed.

Keywords:

cook, correctional facility kitchen, food preparation, scratch cooking, food safety, meal service, culinary experience, kitchen staff, portion control, customer service