Cooks Kitchen Staff

At Cypress Pointe Health and Wellness Center our associates are our most valuable asset! Each associate provides a service that directly or indirectly affects patients families other team members and the public. We strive to excel in providing the highest quality healthcare and customer service possible which is incumbent upon the excellence and commitment of our leaders and caregivers.

Cooks (Dietary Cooks) / Kitchen Staff

Full Time

The Job

• The purpose of this position is to complete duties assigned to provide accurate timely food service to meet residents needs in compliance with federal state and local requirements. To maintain dietary equipment in a safe sanitary manner.
  • Follow menus and prepare food and beverages
  • Organize duties to complete tray service in a timely manner
  • Assure kitchen equipment and surfaces are clean and sanitized according to dietary procedures
  • Store food in compliance with dietary procedures

Responsibilities

• Prepare all soups stocks sauces; boils braises and roast items per standardized recipes
• Prepares and serves all sauteed fried grilled steamed and baked items per standardized recipes
• Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served following standard recipes and special diet orders
• Plans food production to coordinate with meal serving hours so that excellence quality temperature and appearance of food is preserved
• Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production
• Also must maintain dependability and punctuality as outlined in Attendance Policy

Qualifications

• Ability to understand and following instructions in English communicate effectively and perform simple arithmetic
• Ability to understand measurements and conversions
• A minimum of three years of experience as a cook in a hotel restaurant club or similar institution
• Ability to plan and organize work to interpret instructions recipes specifications and standards
• Knowledge of kitchen equipment

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.