Cook- Full Time

Overview

Prepare and serve meals for residents, guests, and staff in a senior living facility

Key Responsibilities

• meal production
• menu planning
• food safety
• special diets
• temperature audits
• budget control

Tasks

-To follow daily production charts, standardized recipes and daily composite menus, while working within a set budget; -To prepare and/or be responsible for the preparation/delivery of all foods for residents, guests and employees; -To adhere to time schedules for service of meals and nourishments; -To uphold and promote the organization's values and philosophy relating particularly to ethics, morality, and integrity; -To ensure use of proper food handling techniques; -To attend department and facility staff meetings, in-services and other necessary training sessions; -To participate in the Quality Improvement Program; -To review menus and production sheets before preparing meals and prepare and serve them properly and attractively; -To be aware of the Resident Rights & Responsibilities and endeavor to respect and promote it; -To follow and comply with health and safety legislation and departmental safe job procedures; -To comply with all provincial/municipal regulations and established dietary department policies and procedures; -To make menu substitutions as necessary and record these in designated place; -To prepare and serve foods for therapeutic /speciality diets according to planned menus; -To complete daily temperature audits for fridge, freezers and storerooms and record findings on daily audit form; -To participate actively in planning/preparing special occasion and theme meal days;

Requirements

• food certificate
• red seal
• therapeutic diets
• physical ability
• large‑scale prep
• vulnerable check

What You Bring

-Must be knowledgeable of the Provincial Food Premises Regulation and Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating -Must possess a Food Handler's Certificate -Must have knowledge of and experience with special and therapeutic diets -Proficiency in a second language is considered an asset -Must be physically able to lift and transfer heavy, hot items and stand for majority of shift -Must have experience in large quantity food preparation, preferably in a healthcare or retirement setting -Red Seal Certificate preferred -Must provide a complete and current (within six months) Vulnerable Sector Check (including a Criminal Background Check) or be willing to obtain one

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About Cogir Real Estate

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Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-provide a complete and current (within six months) vulnerable sector check (including a criminal background check) or be willing to obtain one.