Job Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Prepares all aspects of meal and nourishments including therapeutic diets as required as well as extra cooking and baking for special events and meals.

2) Controls portioning of food items to ensure recipe yield meets assigned quantity quotas.

3) Organizes own daily food preparation work schedule and prepares for following day's meals.

4) Organizes own cooking schedule: prepares assigned food items by following established menus, recipes and quantity quotas, determining ingredients and quantities required and assembling ingredients by weighing and measuring food; assembles equipment required for cooking

5) Cooks and seasons assigned food and therapeutic diet items such as soups, sauces, salads, starches, meats, fish, poultry, vegetables and desserts by methods/procedures such as roasting, frying, grilling, steaming, poaching, boiling, baking and bulk rethermalization; tests food items for palatability and temperature and adjusts accordingly.

6) Carves food items such as meat and poultry and controls portioning of food items to ensure recipe yield meets assigned quantity quotas.

7) Operates ad cleans equipment, including grinder, meat slicer, food processor, convection oven, range, mixer, blender, steamer, etc. Reports any broken equipment to supervisor.

8) Maintains established food rotations in storage in order to minimize spoilage and waste.

9) Receives, checks orders and stores supplies. Ensures all incoming orders are correct and of good quality. Informs supervisor of discrepancies.

10) Assigns tasks to designated Food Service Workers

11) Monitors safety in the residents living environment and staff working environment

12) Reports risks, hazards, near misses, unsafe situations, incidents and accidents to Supervisor / Manager/ Designate

13)Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Type: Casual

Pay: $27.56 per hour

Licence/Certification:

Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (required)
Work Location: In person