Cook

Cook
Shift: Flex
Location: Ovation Communities — Chai Point

Ovation Communities is seeking a Cook to prepare palatable, nourishing, well-balanced diets to meet the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident according to their comprehensive resident assessment and plan of care.  All Dietary Service tasks to prepare food and to clean and sanitize equipment and workspaces are done in compliance with facility policies and procedures and State and Federal laws and regulations. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares food in sufficient quantities and of high quality in accordance with the assigned menus.
• Assures that the meal preparations are timed to meet the serving deadlines.
• Ensures that food handling procedures are in accordance with sanitation policies of the facility and the State and Federal regulation agencies.
• Monitors food inventories to assure that the needs for the menus and special dietary needs of the resident are met.
• Ensure that the cooking staff observes Kashrus in food preparation at all times.  Notifies the Director and Rabbi when a problem arises in Kashrus.
• Confers with the Food Service Manager or the Director when there are problems in the kitchen, including personnel problems.

Learn More:

For a full list of benefits and perks, please visit our careers page.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.  Advanced training in culinary arts highly sought after.
• At least two (2) years of experience working as a cook in a restaurant, catering or other food preparation type of business.
• Previous experience working with elderly residents highly desirable.
• Must have or be willing to obtain Food Safe certification.
• Read, write and speak English.