Quail Park
Lead Cook
Visalia, CA - Full Time
Quail Park at Shannon Ranch offers comfortably appointed apartment homes and extraordinary opportunities to allow our residents to remain active and be social. Join the team today!
Purpose:
Kitchen Cleaning
Other
Purpose:
To prepare meals as directed, utilizing appropriate food handling and preparation techniques and safe and sanitary practices.
Food Preparation
Minimum Eligibility 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 desire a 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 current 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.
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.
Working Conditions (travel, hours, and environment):
- Must be able to work full-time, or part-time, depending on needs of the community, including occasional evenings and some weekend and holiday rotations.
Salary Range $17.75-$18.65 Hourly
