First Cook (Full-time)

Geisinger Health System - Belcamp, MD

Part-time,Full-time - Entry Level

Belcamp, MD

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The First Cook is responsible for preparing food for patients, employees, visitors, and special functions while overseeing the activities of all cooks. This role emphasizes maintaining high standards of customer service and food quality, ensuring compliance with safety and sanitation standards, and collaborating with team members to achieve departmental objectives.

Responsibilities

• Prepares breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods using standardized recipes and methods of preparation.
• Oversees the activities of all cooks while preparing food.
• Maintains a customer service approach at all times when fulfilling responsibilities.
• Ensures that all production is wrapped, dated, and labeled.
• Follows food production schedules and documents preparation and usage of food according to established standards.
• Informs leadership about quality issues and responds positively to customer needs.
• Ensures that HACCP standards are followed at all times.
• Monitors food preparation to ensure foods are prepared in small batches to minimize waste.
• Estimates food requirements and controls serving portions according to yield specified in standardized recipes.
• Standardizes and develops new recipes, instructs, oversees, and delegates duties to cooks as required.
• Fills in for Supervisor as needed and makes menu changes in consultation with leadership.
• Completes all required in-services according to established standards.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED) preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of related work experience required.

Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for new hires.
• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision and dental coverage.