Cook

Full Time & Part Time Cooks
Starting rate of $16.59/hr! Pay based on experience
PLUS additional Weekend $1 shift differential and Evening $.50 shift differential
Why Choose Masonic Villages:
Each campus is supported by corporate leaders who are fully invested in our Mission of Love and hiring like-minded individuals who are committed to providing heartfelt customer service and contributing to our team environment. When you join our team you can expect:

• Industry-leading benefits that start day one such as $0 cost medical coverage option ***
• Vacation Time/Flex Time and Paid Holidays ***
• Option for pay in lieu of benefits.
• Pay on-demand. Access to a portion of your earned wages in real-time.
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses of up to $1,000 per referral
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement ***
• Discounts for onsite Daycare
• Free Gym and Pool Membership
• Paid Lunch ***
• Discounted Grocery gift cards
• Discounted tickets for movies, theme parks, hotels, and MORE!
• Shoe discounts
• Cell phone discounts
• Weekend bonuses and additional shift bonuses!
• Employer matched Retirement Savings with free financial planning
• A commitment to growing our leaders, with at least 50% of our leadership positions being filled internally

Key: *** = Full Time & Part Time Regular Staff Only
As a Cook, you will carry out our Mission of Love by providing the best quality dining service, through continuous training, to maintain an enjoyable dining experience for our residents in a clean, healthy, and safe environment.
Our Cook is responsible for the following:

• Provides an enjoyable dining experience for our residents while maintaining a clean, healthy, and safe environment. Reports upon first notice any environmental situation which could pose a threat to the safety or well-being of the Masonic Village Residents.
• Uses best practices related to the safe and sanitary handling, preparation, storage, and service of foods, including proper hand washing, wearing gloves, changing gloves frequently, maintaining a clean uniform, sanitizing work surfaces and tools between uses, proper dating, labeling, and rotation of food products. Monitors, maintains, and documents temperatures for food and for refrigerator / freezer units. Reports out of range temperatures to supervisor upon first notice.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation and cooking of all food items to the highest quality standards. Responsible for monitoring meals and to take appropriate corrective actions in response to identified irregularities in flavor, appearance, temperature of food products. Return disposal of food waste in safe and hygienic manner.
• Responsible for producing forecasted amounts utilizing Production Worksheets, using corrective recipe for consistency, and monitoring and recording temperatures for all food served. Documents amounts prepared and leftover to support in the management and ordering of foods.

Qualified Cooks will have:

• Two years of related experience required.
• Ability to read, understand and follow standardized recipes and production sheets.. Strong knowledge of sanitation practices and food services regulations preferred.
• Good written, oral, organizational, and basic computer skills.
• Associates degree or certificate in culinary arts issued by an accredited culinary school preferred. Equivalent experience may be considered in place of degree or certificate where applicable.
• Experience preparing a wide variety of foods, including soups, sauces, and gravies preferred.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.