Cook I

Company: Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg
Location: Lynchburg
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Description:Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg, a 5-Star rated Continuing Care Retirement Community in Central VA is seeking a Cook I to join our team! Full-time position is available with complete benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 403B with match, and more.

• Prepares and cooks to-order foods requiring short preparation time.
• May produce food and serve customers at an a la carte station or may operate a grill station.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and corporate standards, guidelines, and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Reads food orders or receives verbal instructions on food required by customers, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• 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 under direct supervision or instruction 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 clean and sanitize workstations and equipment and must follow all Westminster Canterbury, client, and regulatory rules and procedures.
  Requirements:
  • Must be a high school graduate or GED.
  • Previous cooking experience preferred (0-2 years).
  • Good working knowledge of food preparation.
  • Serve Safe certificate required or must be willing to obtain within 6 months.
  • Knowledge of food handling and safety procedures.
  • Ability to work well with all types of individuals.Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg is committed to best practices for infection control; therefore, we will require all team members to receive the influenza and recommend COVID-19 vaccines.
    
    
    
    
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