licensed cook
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Cook (Full Time)
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November 07, 2024
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Employer details
Lanark Lifestyles Retirement Residence
Job details
*Why Work with Us?*
*Our Food & Beverage Department is undergoing some changes and we'd love to have you join our team. Reclaim your evenings - there are no late nights working at Lanark Lifestyles! *
Lanark Lifestyles is not a small link in a big chain. We are independent, Canadian and together, we can make a difference in people?s lives. Not only can we enrich our residents? lives, but we can offer our employees a meaningful career as part of a stellar team who truly cares about each other.
We are not a traditional retirement home. Lanark Lifestyles is the brainchild of a physician and a pharmacist who joined forces to raise the standard of care for our respected elders. Lanark Lifestyles recognizes that after devoting decades of their lives caring for others, seniors deserve to be rewarded with a safe, nurturing and healthy retirement experience that offers peace of mind not only to themselves but also to their families and community.
*The Candidate:*
The successful applicant for the cook position will be a team player and look forward to challenges and thinking outside the box. They will take pride in a job well done and be able to multitask. They will enjoy working with seniors and look forward to interactions.
*Job Responsibilities:*
· To prepare and serve nutritious meals for residents in a safe and attractive manner.
· To work within a set budget, limit waste and adhere to residence policies and procedures.
· Be knowledgeable of and practice residence's fire and safety programs.
· Review regular and therapeutic menus. Set-up equipment and supplies for daily food production. Prepare food following standardized recipes. Ensure meals are served on time, at appropriate temperatures and in portion-controlled quantities.
· Sample the food prior to each meal to determine palatability.
· Assume responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Food Services Manager including: menu changes as necessary (ensuring that these changes follow departmental procedures), staff replacements, purchase and receive food and supplies and place service calls for malfunctioning equipment, following departmental procedures.
*Qualifications:*
· Hold a Food Handlers Certificate
· Experience in quantity food preparation.
· Familiar with Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating and therapeutic diets.
· Ability to direct and supervise others.
· Ability to understand oral and written directions.
Please include a brief cover letter with your resume.
*No phone calls please.*
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $19.00 per hour
Benefits:
* Dental care
* Discounted or free food
* Extended health care
* Flexible schedule
* On-site parking
* Vision care
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Holidays
* Weekends as needed
Experience:
* cooking: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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LocationPerth, ON
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Workplace information
On site
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Salary$19.00HOUR hourly
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Terms of employment
Permanent employmentFull time
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Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
indeed.com
#9519025701
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