Cook/Baker - assigned to the Middle/High School
Job Overview
Employment Type
Temporary
Part-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $15.06 - $25.80
Work Schedule
Fixed Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Training and Development
supportive work environment
flexible schedule
Employee Discounts
Job Description
Walton-Verona Food Service is a dedicated provider of quality food services primarily focused on supporting school cafeterias within the Walton-Verona school district. This institution operates to ensure that students and staff receive nutritious, tasty, and well-prepared meals every school day. Committed to food safety, hygiene, and nutritional standards, Walton-Verona Food Service prides itself on fostering a healthy eating environment for the local educational community. With an emphasis on teamwork, quality ingredient selection, and training, this organization plays a vital role in sustaining the wellbeing and academic success of students through their carefully crafted meal programs.
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Job Requirements
- Complete all mandatory training and attend in-service sessions
- Perform assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Consistently display self-control with parents, students and school personnel
- Maintain a clean workstation
- Be clean, neat and appropriately professionally dressed
- Maintain student control
- Operate equipment in a safe manner
- Be consistently responsible maintaining regular punctual attendance and timely completion of assigned duties
- Work assigned contract and extended days
- Use sick and personal leave appropriately
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma, GED certificate or demonstrated progress toward obtaining a GED as required by Kentucky law
- Minimum one year experience in cooking and baking food in large quantities
- Completion of training course for certification of beginning school food personnel as prescribed in 702 KAR 6:045
- Knowledge of principles and methods of quantity food service preparation, serving and storage
- Understanding of sanitation and safety practices related to handling, cooking, baking and serving food
- Familiarity with methods of adjusting and extending recipes and proper substitutions
- Ability to maintain food quality standards including appearance and nutritional requirements
- Basic math and cashiering skills
- Effective oral and written communication skills
Job Duties
- Prepare and bake rolls, biscuits, breads, cakes, cookies and other baked goods
- Prepare and cook meat dishes, vegetables and other main dishes
- Prepare salads, sandwiches, fruit, soups, sauces and other foods
- Assist in determining appropriate quantity of food items for cooking and baking
- Adjust and extend recipes as needed
- Maintain food quality standards including appearance and nutritional requirements
- Monitor temperatures of food to assure proper safety and quality standards are met
- Monitor water temperatures to assure proper temperature for sanitizing
- Clean cafeteria equipment, utensils and appliances and store food supplies
- Assure compliance with kitchen sanitation and safety procedures and regulations
- Clean refrigerators and storerooms as required
- Assist in storing unused food and supplies
- Dispose of unusable leftovers
- Utilize proper methods of handling foods to be stored
- Operate a variety of standard kitchen utensils and equipment including slicer, chopper, mixer, steamer, fryer, dishwasher, electric warmer, range, oven, pressure cooker, cash register and other cafeteria equipment
- Train and provide work direction to others
- Prepare and bake food for special events as needed
- Assist at banquets or special events as required
- Assist in other food service areas as needed
- Collect money and make correct change
- Perform related duties as assigned
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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