Cook

Company: Holiday Retirement
Location: Waterford
Posted on: June 8, 2021

Job Description:

What We Offer!

• One free meal per day in our communities
• Paid Holidays and Vacation for eligible full time employees
• Anniversary Award - $500 per year after 2 years
• Comprehensive Health, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Company paid group life insurance
• 401(k) match
• Transfers available Nationwide. Great for active Military and Family!
• Employee Assistance Programs

In the role of Cook and member of the Dining Services team, you will be responsible to prepare nutritious, appetizing, and attractive meals for our residents and ensure a smooth, efficient and safe operation of the kitchen.

Cook:

• Review menus and food-production instructions and prepare meals following Holiday menus and recipes while ensuring portion-control standards.
• Oversee preparation and set-up of serving carts to serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner.
• Follow food safe handling procedures in preparation as well as proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food.
• Ensure logs are accurately completed in a timely manner. i.e., refrigerator, freezer and production sheets)
• Follow Holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts.
• Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-compliant issues as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years' experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking
• Ability to prepare and follow Holiday recipes
• Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills
• General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food handling practices
• Basic Computer skills preferred

Working for Holiday Retirement

Holiday Retirement helps older people live better, and we accomplish this by following these principles:

• Older people are vibrant and deserve the best experience.
• We promote independence and create choice to do your thing.
• We appreciate and respect our residents, families, associates, and guests.
• We believe in life-long learning, growth, and staying connected.

If you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of older people, we'd love to talk to you.

For 50 years, Holiday has been in the business of helping older adults live better, age more successfully and stay independent for as long as possible. Today, over 30,000 older adults in over 260 communities across 43 states call a Holiday community home: and our employees agree. Beginning in early 2018, and every year since, Holiday has been certified a great workplace by Great Place to Work Institute(R), an honor that was also extended to 221 of its communities in 2020. Helping older people live better is a tremendous privilege and we would love to share more about our mission with you.

Holiday Retirement is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

Req ID: 90628

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