Prep Cook

We’re Looking for a Cook to Join Us!

Our Mission

Nestled in a picturesque neighborhood residential community in Alameda, and minutes away from San Francisco, Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School (SJND), a Catholic parish high school, provides a dynamic and rigorous college preparatory education. Our faith-filled, diverse, and welcoming community embraces the teachings of Jesus Christ. We develop confident, open-minded, and effective leaders who are ready to live joyful lives of faith, scholarship, and service.
 

We are currently seeking a Cook to prepare food for the students, and educators. Helps create devise new methods of cooking and new menu items. Assists in streamlining work from back of the house to front of the house. Cleans food preparation areas as required by law and school policies, Understanding the requirements to following the Health Department rules and guidelines. Be able to order products based on the inventory and menu requirements. Be able to cashier. Be able to cook as assigned according to the menu and recipes. Be able to follow recipes, and the reparation of catering orders. Suitable candidate should have a minimum of two years’ experience at a restaurant or food service company.

Essential  Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Cleans food preparation areas as required by law and the school’s policies
• Prepares food to the specifications of the students, and educator
• Prepares food before the arrival of the students, staff and faculty
• Making adjustments to food prep items to accommodate the students, faculty and staff with allergies or specific diet concerns
• Manages other employees in the kitchen
• Acts as liaison to the front-of house employees to ensure proper food service, such as, proper temperature
• Seasons food according to recipes
• Purchase items based on the menu and other inventory needs daily
• Use FIFO in managing the storage
• Manage all the vendors
• Conduct a monthly inventory
• Manage a recycling program/find way to reduce your footprint on campus, also helping with sustainability
• Temp logs for all refrigerators and freezers
• Keep food out of the danger zone
• The ability to operate various kitchen equipment, such as slicer, oven, grill, mixer
• Understanding portions size and food arrangement and garnishing
• Be prepared to assist other during the food assembly process
• Creates new recipes
• Develop production sheets, in order to organize preparation using weight and measurements
• Keep records of all food purchased
• Greets customers entering the lunch room, and delivers excellent customer service
• Cleans and sanitizes station after each guest
• Follow all safety and health guidelines for food handling and kitchen cleaning
• Check products for good quality
• Must be patient, detail oriented, a problem solver and friendly
• Basic mathematical abilities
• Good communication skills
• A team player
• Sufficient strength and dexterity to handle heavy pots and pans

Physical Requirements:

• Able to stand for long periods of time
• The ability to lift 25 pounds
• Ability to sustain long period of repetitive movement

Equipment/machine used in the performance of your job

Possesses the skills necessary to maintain and use the machines safely and efficiently.

Other Requirements

Basic computational skills, organizational skills, verbal communication, culinary arts skills, kitchen equipment knowledge, butchering, knowledge of international cuisines, creativity, interpersonal skills, some culinary arts training. Also be able to work some overtime.

Compensation

Hourly range is $22.50 to $27.50 depending on experience.   

The Application Process

Please, click here and you will be directed to SJND's Career Center via ADP Workforce Now portal. Include in your application, a single PDF document containing:

• A cover letter
• Your resume or CV

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and we will review them in the order in which they are received.   You will be contacted if you are selected to participate in our interview process.  We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage diverse candidates to join our community.