Cook (Food Services)

If you are looking to hone your culinary skills in a creative, positive, and fun environment, College Fresh has the position for you! We know your time and talent are valuable. As a College Fresh Cook, you will receive:

• Competitive pay
• Exceptional work/life balance
• Covered costs for food handler training and certification
• Health insurance (employer shared premium), dental insurance, vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match

In your role as a Cook, you will support the Chef in running a kitchen, designing menus and working closely with our partners. This position will set you up for true advancement within the company. We are looking for someone who exemplifies our core values of passion, integrity, support, client focused, and communicative. Are you our secret ingredient? Apply today!

Objective/Summary:

Responsible for assisting the Chef with food preparation, cleanliness, organization and daily kitchen operations of assigned location based on College Fresh's vision and goals – fresh, made from scratch food and outstanding customer service.

Essential functions:

• Under the direction of the Chef and/or Cook Shift Supervisor, assists with preparation of food using established production, safety, and sanitation procedures and systems.
• Perform routine assignments such as dishwashing, mopping, sweeping, garbage removal, and other daily cleaning functions as assigned and/or outlined in daily checklist.
• Assist in organization of inventory for kitchen, walk-in, storerooms, dining room and other service areas as directed by the Chef and/or Cook Shift Supervisor.
• Store and label food properly and safely, marking the date and item, following company and/or local health regulations.
• Complete food temperature, cooler, and freezer logs as required.
• Set up steam tables and service areas.  Serve and/or ensure proper serving of food in dining or service area.

Other functions:

• Adhere to all management, client, local and state cleaning, and sanitation procedures/regulations.
• Assist with special event meal preparation such as recruitment, homecoming, etc. as required.
• May be required to cover meal(s) and/or assist on other workstations (grill, omelet, salad bar etc.) as needed (in the absence of other staff, or in the absence of chef or during chef regularly scheduled time off).

Work Environment:

This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as ovens, stoves, dishwashers, slicers, coffee machines, steamers, mixers and chefs knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire and noise.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 30 pounds or less.
• The employee is required to stand for extended periods of time.
• The position requires the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.

Additional Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a current Servsafe Food Protection certificate or equivalent, from a nationally recognized or approved certification program.
• Must adhere to policies and procedures set forth in College Fresh employee handbook.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record.
• Ability to maintain proof of individual auto insurance as required by company safe driver policy.

College Fresh participates in E-Verify for all new hires during their onboarding process. Further questions regarding this process can be direct to College Fresh Human Resources at eeconnect@collegefresh.net.