Do you have a genuine love of food and enjoy the artistry behind making delicious dishes? Are you ready to make a positive impact in the lives of others in the community without giving up your nights, weekends, or holidays? As a Cook at Kent County Community Action, you will play a pivotal role in providing nutritious and Latin-inspired dishes for our Congregate Meals dining site and Home Delivered Meals Programs. Unlike restaurants that may have the kitchen out of sight, our location provides you an opportunity to cultivate connections with the adults who attend the Congregate meals program.
The Congregate Meals program provides hot, wholesome, Latin-inspired meals to older adults in a group setting daily to assist with better nutrition and improved social connectedness. The Home Delivered Meals program provides nutritionally sound meals to frail and homebound older adults who find it difficult to prepare meals for themselves.

• Overseeing the general operations of the kitchen.
• Preparing, serving, cooling, and storing food in accordance with sanitary regulations and established policies and procedures.
• Ensuring that menu items are prepared in a timely manner and that items requiring advanced preparation are prepared, cooked, and ready for assigned meal times.
• Monitoring consumption and adjusting food production levels to ensure sufficient service while minimizing waste.
• Preparing monthly menus, planning nutritionally balanced meals, packaging meals for delivery, dishwashing, and cleaning.
• Assuring that dietary service work areas, storage rooms, and equipment are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
• Completing inventory, ordering and stocking supplies, organizing the kitchen, and maintaining detailed records.
• Planning and preparing special meals for celebrations and events.
• Maintaining good rapport and cooperative relationships with customers and program staff.
• Keeping ServSafe certification up to date.
• Supervisory responsibilities over other cooks on duty and all lower classification employees.

High school graduate or equivalent with prior work experience cooking and preparing food on a large-scale basis or in a commercial kitchen. ServSafe certification is required and may be obtained upon employment. Requires knowledge in the use and care of kitchen utensils and equipment, food nutrition, and the preparation of special diets. Ability to speak Spanish is highly preferred. Must be able to workStill not sure why working for Kent County Community Action is for you? Watch a quick video on the impact Kent County Community Action has within our Community.