Cook

• Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short preparation time.
• Typically, performs fast food cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers. Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
• Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all Contract Company/hospital and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Performs related responsibilities as required or directed.

EDUCATION:

• High School diploma or GED preferred.  

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:

• None  

EXPERIENCE:

• 0 - 2 years of related work experience preferred  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Applies basic skills and may develop skills appropriate for the position.
• Focuses primarily on own area of specialty. 
• Good working knowledge of food preparation. 
• Requires familiarity of kitchen equipment. 
• Typically requires limited cooking experience.
• Ability to read, write, follow oral and written directions, and make arithmetic calculations.