Quail Park of Lynnwood offers comfortably appointed apartment homes and extraordinary opportunities to allow our residents to remain active and be social. Join the team today!

Lead Cook Job Description

Do you have a passion for working with older adults? We are searching for our dream team! Come and be a part of our premiere senior living community. Do you love to feed people delicious food and have the drive to exceed expectations? Our cooks follow our recipes to produce meals that are up to the Quail Park standard—fresh, healthy, attractive, and delicious! We also depend on our cooks to make sure that all food is scrumptious and safe, keeping our kitchens neat and sanitary, and our food within prescribed health standards. As a member of the Signature Dining team, you’ll chip in with doing everything necessary for a tasty and enjoyable dining experience! 

Essential Functions
Shift Lead

• Assists Sous Chef with checking, maintaining, and documenting proper food temperatures throughout the shift as determined by local, state, and/or federal food service standards.
• Supports Director of Signature Dining and Sous Chef to ensure efficient and effective meal preparation, service, and clean-up.
• Maintains knowledge base of current OSHA, and local and state regulatory agency guidelines and ensures that kitchen and food service program maintain regulatory compliance.
• Assists the Sous Chef with training of all kitchen team members during a shift.
• In the absence of the Director of Signature Dining or Sous Chef, may be called upon to oversee and direct other food service team members on an assigned shift.

Food Preparation

• Follows production sheets producing only amounts and items as directed.
• Follows recipes as instructed and follows proper procedures to cook all foods to Signature Dining standards
• Ensures that all foods are prepared within allotted Signature Dining standards, while maintaining freshness and appropriate temperatures
• Ensures that all foods are attractively presented as per Signature Dining standards
• Responsible for proper food storage including covering, labeling, and dating all items, and placing in appropriate location of food storage areas.
• Ensures safe food handling technique at all times.
• Completes meal production records in an accurate and timely manner.

Kitchen Cleaning

• Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing all work areas and equipment before and after each use.
• Ensures that all kitchen surfaces including floors, counters, sinks, cabinets, and walk-in freezer and refrigerator remain clean and sanitary during assigned shift.
• Completes deep cleaning procedures according to deep cleaning schedule and as assigned by Director of Signature Dining

Other

• Attends all required team member meetings and in-service training sessions.
• Upholds Residents’ Rights as defined by state regulations and by Company policy, at all times.
• Supports and upholds all other Company policies, and the service philosophy.
• Reliable and predictable attendance
• Other duties as assigned.

Cook Benefits offered

• Paid time off
• Health insurance (for full time) 
• Dental insurance (for full time) 
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Education assistance or tuition reimbursement
• Workplace perks such as meal and coffee
• Variable schedule options 

Lead Cook Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years applicable food service experience
• Previous experience in both hotel/restaurant and senior living settings preferred
• Must have a strong commitment to customer service and a desire to exceed customer expectations
• Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to interpret menus and recipes and to communicate effectively with residents, families, other team members and vendors
• Must meet all health-related and food handling requirements pertaining to local and state regulatory agencies
• Must maintain CPR/First Aid credentials
• Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials
• Must maintain annual continuing education credits
• Must be able to perform duties and responsibilities (Essential Job Functions) with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Is able to prepare and understand techniques required to cook all items on the menu as instructed.
• Subject to pre-employment screening including physical, drug and TB testing and criminal background check.

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