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FullTime Cook Up to $20.00/hour!
Also willing to work weekends and holidays as needed
Exciting new wage scale! Learn more TODAY!
Join us at Lakewood where we impact lives and build careers!
We are a regional leader in senior care and are located in the west end of Richmond. Our mission is to empower individuals with choices in purposeful living built on values of faith servant leadership stewardship integrity peace of mind innovation and joy.
If you are looking to make a difference wed love to talk to you!
Our Cooks prepare food needed for meal service using commercial kitchen equipment quantity food preparation techniques and quantity recipes. They ensure food is fresh high quality and prepared with safe food handling practices. We are seeking a very special candidate for this important role! We offer perks such as free meals team member appreciation events flexible scheduling and generous paid time off. We have a strong reputation for workplace excellence and our leadership demonstrates team member commitment and appreciation every day!
Benefits:
- Medical Vision and Dental Insurance
- Early access to earned wages
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
- Flexible scheduling & generous PTO plan
- Supportive environment to grow your career
- 4.5 dollar for dollar match on our 403B
- First dollar generous contributions to HSA accountsplusa match!
- Amazing residents team members and leaders!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Follows standardized recipes and production sheet counts when preparing meals and adjusts recipes for amounts needed as necessary
- Works on a state of the art dinner line alongside seasoned cooks
- High paced atmosphere with professional highend stacked and garnished dishes
- Has experience with scratch cooking and working on a team
- Prepares foods based on the production schedules utilizing wholesome ingredients
- Takes temperatures of foods during preparation and prior to service
- Follows HACCP standards while producing food to ensure food safety measures are met
- Tastes food prior to service and adjusts seasonings as needed mindful of therapeutic diets
- Adheres to all standards of food safety when handling food products. Follows safety precautions when using kitchen equipment
- Practices personal cleanliness wears clean uniforms changing soiled apron frequently and wears hair coverings according to dress code
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- 3 years of Culinary experience required
- Senior Living experience preferred
- Willingness to perform routine repetitive tasks and ability to regulate and maintain workflow
- Pleasant personality and patience exhibited while interacting with residents guests and team members
- Ability to read write communicate and comprehend English
- Maintain a clean and neat appearance
At Lakewood energy compassion creativity and talents are valued and rewarded. We want you to be the best you can be we can do this together with work/life integration coaching and opportunities to grow. Together we can make a difference for residents and their families. Come join our winning team!
Employment Type
Full-Time
