The Cook position assists with food preparation, serving, and maintaining a clean kitchen at the Lodi Hope Harbor Family Service Center and Lodi Corps Shelter Food Storage Areas. The Cook also assists with catered events and maintains culinary standards.
Requirements
- Maintain culinary standards taught in class while students work in kitchen, during scheduled work therapy duties and hours.
- Assist with SYSCO (where shelter food is purchased).
- Assist with deep cleaning for staff/students and weekend help.
- Responsible for ServSafe rules in kitchen and with staff/students.
- Assist Chef (Sous Chef) in various kitchen duties as needed including food preparation and kitchen clean-up.
- Ensure stock for all kitchen needs, including foodstuffs and supplies, along with coordination of Corps food bank warehouse stock with shelter stock.
- Assist with catering duties and driving the van and canteen when necessary.
- Assist with storage and receipt of food goods received. Collect leftovers, cover, label, and properly store according to food handling standards.
- Maintain a clean kitchen at all times, clean and orderly Salvation Army food storage, prep and service areas (Shelter, Corps or offsite SA events).
- Maintain a safe and sanitary work environment that conforms to all standards and regulations.
- Adhere to safety policies and accident reporting procedures, report problems in writing (incident report form) to Culinary Program in a timely manner.
- Ensure meal set up and clean up including but not limited to dishwashing, cleansing and sanitizing equipment and systematic cleaning of major appliances.
- Ensure that all kitchen tools, keys and equipment are returned to their designated secure area. Ensure storage areas are locked at all times. Ensure all keys are returned and secured.
- Complete all required training.
- Covering days off for the Chef and other cooks as well as any vacation or sick days off they may take.
- Must adhere to shelter kitchen daily dress code; clean Chef coat, SA provided hat and closed toed shoes.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Culinary Arts Director and or Corps Officers or Corps Assistant Officer.
