Senior Cook​/Sous Chef

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$21.00/hr - $22.50/hr

The Senior Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. The general responsibilities of the position are listed below, but Sodexo may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and client requirements.

• May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte station.
• 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.
• Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• 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 Sodexo, client and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
• Complies with all Sodexo HACCP policies and procedures.
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.
• Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
• Produces small to large batch goods using advanced and full range of classical and contemporary cooking, plating and garnishing techniques.
• Follows complex 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.
• May assist with the supervision of kitchen personnel.
• Selects recipes per menu cycle, prepares bakery items, receives inventory, moves and lifts foodstuffs and supplies and prepares meals for customers requiring special diets.
• Serves as a lead cook guiding and assisting in the training of less experienced cooks.
• Under minimal supervision, independently performs advanced cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers.
• Advanced knife skills required.
• May have oversight over the production staff and assign tasks.
• May use production software to enter pre- and post-production data software.
• May take inventory, and/or enter inventory into the production.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent.
• 4 or more years of related work experience.
• Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and cash‑handling procedures preferred.
• Skills/Aptitude:
  • Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
  • Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
  • Ability to communicate with co‑workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
  • Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
  • Ability to use a computer.
  • Requires complete knowledge of kitchen equipment.
  • Must be able to read and follow a recipe unsupervised.
  • Involved with the more complex requirements of the position.
  • Applies advanced cooking skills.
  • Adapts procedures, processes, tools, equipment and techniques to meet the requirements of the position.
  • Substantial working knowledge of food preparation.

• Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
• Maturity of judgment and behavior.
• Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
• Maintains a positive attitude.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.
• Must comply with any dress code requirements.
• Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus, with or without…