Senior Cook
Core
Prepare fresh hot foods for production and retail services in a hospital setting, including patient meals, café dining, and special events.
Role type
Senior Cook (Institutional Food Production)
Builds
Hot food items for patients, retail dining, and catering based on daily orders and menus
Domain
Healthcare / Institutional Food Service
Required skills
High-volume short order cooking, standardized recipe preparation, menu planning and substitution, inventory management, food safety compliance, commercial kitchen equipment operation, waste minimization, leadership of kitchen staff
Preferred skills
Prior healthcare culinary experience, knowledge of modified diets for special medical needs
Technologies
Stoves, ovens, steam-jacketed kettles, tilt skillet, broiler, steam table, grill, deep fryer, slicer, Buffalo Chopper, mixer, food carts
Responsibilities
Plan daily food production timing and quantities; adjust recipe yields; minimize food waste through tracking; log food and equipment temperatures; maintain par levels and rotate stock; keep work areas clean; receive vendor deliveries; provide leadership to kitchen staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC