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Title: Cook II
Reports to: Project Manager, Dining Facilities Manager

Summary:
Seeking a future employee that has worked within a major institution where meals are mass prepared (300-1000 served at each meal service). The right fit will be able to follow recipe cards, take little direction, and be able to handle multiple tasks at once.

Basic Qualifications:

• Certificate in food handling/sanitation methods, or ServSafe certified preferred.
• Experienced in customer service
• Strong work ethics
• Experience Demonstrated history of related Food Service experience
• Prior Cook experience within a fast pace/high volume environment
• Ability to prepare and cook to order foods requiring short preparation time.
• Ability to reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Ability to preform progressive cooking

Specific Responsibilities:

• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation time.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Replenish the serving line.
• Typically, performs fast food cooking and grill cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to
• customers.
• Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May select recipes per menu cycle, prepare bakery items, receive inventory, move and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.
• May clean and sanitize workstations and equipment and must follow all company, client and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Set steam tables; serve or ensure proper serving of food.
• Cleans area of responsibility and practices "Clean As You Go".
• Performs progressive cooking.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the RHFS rules and regulations set forth in the employee handbook.
• Comply with all HACCP standards.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Duties may be assigned by the Supervisor, Dining Facility Manager, or Project Manager.
• Applies basic skills and may develop skills appropriate for the position.
• Good working knowledge of food preparation. Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment, including but not limited to, knife, forks, measuring utensils, pots, pans, etc.

Physical Demands:

• May lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Stands and moves within the kitchen area for 6 to 8 hours (excluding break and lunch periods)
• Some bending and squatting.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Minimum Hiring Standards:

• Must be at least 18 years of age at time of pre-employment screening
• Must be willing to participate in the Company's pre-employment screening process; including drug screen and background investigation and meet Company standards.

EOE/M/F/D/V/SO

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