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Job Description Summary:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• 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 workstations 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.  

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.

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.