Cook: Senior Living Community

Kendal at Oberlin is a full-service life plan community, which primarily serves older adults in the Quaker tradition. Residents are assured a lifetime of healthcare including short- and long-term nursing services, memory care and assisted living. Equally important, residents enjoy an independent, enriching living experience. Kendal at Oberlin's Dining Services department is currently seeking an experienced, detail oriented individual for a full- time: 40hrs/week Cook (shifts will vary between 6a-2:30p and 11:30a-8:00p). Reporting to the Executive Chef, the Cook will be responsible for relieving the AM and PM cooks, performing duties on their job descriptions: cooking, maintaining food service sanitation, and assisting in other areas of the department as needed. Additional responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Opening or closing kitchen according to assigned position. Assisting Food Production Manager in training, evaluations, discipline, and schedule adjustment of kitchen personnel on shift. Producing items in quantities according to recipes. Using proper temperatures, garnishes, portion sizes, and served with proper sanitary practices. Tracking daily production on production sheets and maintaining accurate recipe files. Attending kitchen meetings, reviewing production needs for the following two (2) days for needs and reporting shortages.

Qualifications and Experience:

Must have two (2) years experience in large volume cooking . Experience cooking in a healthcare facility or retirement community highly preferred . Must be familiar with production sheets, recipe books, professional recipe books, and be able to operate all food service equipment. Must be able to read and write English and have a strong ability to work well with co-workers and managers. Must be able to lift up to 60 pounds. Servsafe certification within 90 days of hire. •Hours will vary: morning/nights. Rotating weekends and evening as needed, rotating holidays as needed.•