Hospital Chef/Cook
Classification: Term to Perm
Pay Rate: to be discussed at interview.
Shift: Open availability and able to work every other weekend.
Location: Riverview, FL
Summary:
Experienced. Knowledge of short orders. Assisting in the kitchen, working together with meal prepping, and cooking (breakfast, lunch). Must have experience working in a high-volume hospital setting. Resume must reflect experience.
Job Responsibilities & Duties:
- Must be a team member who has culinary knowledge, café, porter, and/or restaurant experience.
- Food Safety and Hygiene: The cooks will maintain clean food stations to ensure food safety standards.
- Cooking: responsible for the preparation of foods according to standardized recipes and production methods. Ensure high quality using safe, sanitary food handling techniques during preparation, service, and storage.
- Monitors food and equipment to maintain proper temperature.
- Wraps, labels, and dates food products before storage and/or transportation.
- Prepare and cook foods following precise recipes that are designed to provide a high-quality nutritional meal, which may include an option for special dietary restrictions.
- Must keep the kitchen organized and running efficiently.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of relevant experience.
- Work well under pressure and maintain a professional, friendly attitude.
- Must be able to work morning and night shifts.
- Able to speak, read, and write English.
- Bilingual-Spanish a plus (+).
- Must know how to prepare and read recipes.
- Reliable Transportation.
- Neat Appearance.
- Willing to go the extra mile to get things done.
- Trusted to work unsupervised and put out quality results.
- Know Basic cooking techniques (Braise, Sauté, Sear, Poach, Grill, Steam), and culinary knowledge.
- Know basic Kitchen skills. (Take temperatures of food, work ovens, work basic kitchen equipment).
- Basic Knife skills.
- Sanitation Skills.
- Hand washing skills.
- Clean Criminal Background.
- Drug Screening administered.
- Must follow the company dress code.
- Attendance and punctuality are mandatory.
Physical Requirements:
- Fine hand manipulation.
- Bending, kneeling, squatting, reaching, twisting, prolonged standing, and/or walking.
Required: Updated resume/Interview by client