About the position
Under the direction of the Kitchen Manager or designee, perform skilled cooking or baking to ensure high quality, nutritious food production and service. This position may lead assigned staff in meal preparation, serving, and clean up. Responsibilities include preparing and serving attractive, high quality, nutritious, cost-effective meals following standardized procedures, completing tasks within allocated time, and complying with approved safety and sanitation procedures. The role also involves assisting in the cleaning of the kitchen, equipment, tables, and storeroom, maintaining appropriate food and supply inventories, and directing or assisting unit employees in meal preparation tasks as necessary. Additionally, the position requires maintaining required daily records and reports, collecting money and accounting for meals served, promoting Child Nutrition Services programs, and establishing cooperative working relations with others.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and serve attractive, high quality, nutritious, cost effective meals following standardized procedures.
- Complete tasks within time allocated.
- Comply with approved safety and sanitation procedures.
- Assist in the cleaning of kitchen, equipment, tables and storeroom as scheduled by manager.
- Report equipment malfunctions to ensure safe working conditions.
- Assist in maintaining appropriate food and supply inventories.
- Direct or assist unit employees in meal preparation tasks as necessary.
- Maintain required daily records and reports and submit to Kitchen Manager.
- Collect money and account for meals served according to established procedures.
- Maintain a plate count for record of meals served.
- Promote Child Nutrition Services programs to increase meal participation.
- Assist school staff in promoting proper nutrition.
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relations with others.
Requirements
- Meet minimum qualifications for Assistant and Satellite Servers.
- One year experience in commercial or institutional food preparation.
- Ability to utilize fundamentals of meal preparation.
- Skills to plan menus and adjust recipes.
- Competency to complete and maintain all records as requested.
