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Cook

Elderwood
Elderwood Salary
Liverpool, NY Part Time
POSTED ON 6/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/25/2026
Salary

$16.51 / hr - $19.35 / hr

Overview

Become a COOK at Elderwood at Liverpool!

Are you a passionate Cook looking to make a difference in the lives of others?

Join our dedicated and close-knit team at Elderwood at Liverpool where you can bring comfort and care through nutritious and delicious meals for our residents. We’re seeking a compassionate and reliable Cook to help create a welcoming environment for our valued residents.

Position Overview

  • Meal times are highlights of daily life, and excellent nutrition and appetite appeal are central to the well-being of residents and patients. Our chefs, wait staff and kitchen staff prepare and serve delicious, wholesome menus.
  • Cook for our residents with weekly rotating menus. Work from our recipes.

Elderwood Benefits

  • Tuition Reimbursement Programs
  • 401K with Employer Matching
  • PTO & Holiday Package
  • Full Suite of Health Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

Elderwood At Liverpool

Nationally recognized for quality skilled nursing care, Elderwood at Liverpool is located in a quiet community just north of Syracuse, NY, near the shores of Onondaga Lake.

A bright and cheerful environment welcomes individuals who require round-the-clock nursing care or short-term subacute physical, occupational or speech therapy. Residents with dementia benefit from Elderwood’s Seasons Memory Care Program.

Responsibilities

Cook

  • Review menus and production sheets to determine food quantities needed for regular, mechanically altered and other special diet needs.
  • Prepare specified and execute dishes to recipe and quality standards, as assigned.
  • Evaluate cooked foods using taste and aroma.
  • Ensure that sanitation and safety standards are met in the preparation, cooking and production line stages of food production.
  • Maintain proper use, care, handling, monitoring, and cleaning of all kitchen equipment necessary for meal production.
  • Monitor the food during the cooking process; make sure food is maintained and served at the proper temparture.
  • Assist with preparation and distribution of nutritious meals.

Qualifications

Cook

  • Minimum 18 yrs of age
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Previous food preparation experience required.
  • Knowledge of food preparation and production process necessary.
  • Ability to understand and organize food preparation activities required.
  • Ability to carry out cooking tasks at a safe and efficient level of performance required.
  • Pride in quality of food and service necessary.
  • High degree of personal cleanliness and good hygiene; health status suitable for service of food required.
  • Respect for residents’ privacy and rights; respectful and dignified treatment of residents required.

This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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