Kitchen Staff

Prepares and cooks, food for service, scratch cooking from basic ingredients, garnished in an attractive manner.
· Coordinates stocks/mise en place to ensure sufficient and proper food items are available during meal service.
· Communicates to appropriate staff in an effective and team like manner.
· Follows recipes to prepare and cook food items consistently.
· Ensures proper quality and appearance of product according to established standards.
· Performs start-up and end of shift activities of cooks and production area including daily equipment check and temperature monitoring. Contacts maintenance as needed and follows up to ensure proper food safety.
· Adheres to proper food handling, sanitation, and safety procedures per regulatory standards. Maintains appropriate temperature, adheres to appropriate dating, labeling and rotation of all food items.
· Coordinate Food Safety concerns and Personnel Safety concerns to Department Head.
· Maintains organized food production area(s) for efficiency and cleanliness while maintaining an effective workflow.
· Coordinates food orders with the production team and assists the Food Service Aides as required which may include, but not limited to, checking incoming orders for quality, temperature and quantity.
· Receives, checks, and signs for foodstuff and/or issuing. Assist with proper stock rotation of food supplies.
· Responsible for inventory of all food and supply items as assigned.
· Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of equipment, food storage and work areas.
· Completes cleaning of respective areas.
· Facilitates improvement of service and food quality.
· Implements suggestions within parameter of position. Refers more complex concerns to supervisor.
· Instructs new personnel and trainees in use and safety requirements of equipment as well as the cleaning/sanitation methods. Provides efficient and effective methods of maintaining work area.
· Assists with orienting new employees to their work area.
· Participates in and/or contributes to programs, committees, or projects designed to improve quality of service and employee productivity.