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Hennepin Healthcare

Cook (1.0 FTE; Days, Eves, EOW) - Food Service

Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55400

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Hennepin Healthcare is looking for a full-time Cook to work days, evenings, and every other weekend at our downtown Minneapolis hospital.

Summary Under the supervision of the chef, baker/cook assists in preparation and presentation of food for patients, employees, visitors, and special functions. Assists in the overall sanitation of kitchen equipment.

Responsibilities

Checks menu and recipes via standardized recipes

Checks supplies of necessary ingredients

Prepares meal selections such as hot cereal, soups, gravy, roast beef, pork, breads, and desserts, including pastries, cakes, and cookies

Operates kitchen appliances such as range, tilting brazier pan, slicer, chopper, steamer, steam jacketed kettle, mixer

Serves as back-up for other cooks

May prepare special food items in accordance with special diet requirements

May assist in related facilities services operations

Prepares standardized recipes

Performs quality and quantity checks

Uses proper methods in receiving, handling, and storing products

Uses production sheets according to procedures

Avoids waste, assists in cost containment; trains and provides work direction to residents (inmates) in a kitchen work program at a County correctional facility, including such tasks as meal preparation, cleaning cooking/ eating utensils, cleaning floors, and set-up/serving of food; performs related duties as required

Under the direct supervision of the chef, prepares and portions food for patients, employees, and special functions. Prepares baked goods and desserts for cafeteria and patients

Performs various baking tests for custards, muffins, and danish, and tests new recipes

Schedules daily food preparations as patient and cafeteria menus dictate

Assigned to supervise and assist in the operation of the patient tray line

Assists in checking various perishable and nonperishable food orders

May place weekly food orders for milk, bread, etc.

Responsible for the cleaning and proper use of equipment and reports repairs as needed

Works alternate weekends and may assist in providing work direction to other kitchen employees

Performs work of equal skill and responsibility as directed. May also perform work of a higher level in preparation for increased responsibility and may be requested to do work of lesser responsibility when the workload of the department so requires

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience with full dinner cooking responsibility on a moderately large scale (e.g. health/hospital setting - 300 beds, business industrial setting - 500 meals)

OR an approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Qualifications

Equivalent of four years of high school with completion of on the job training in principles of food cooking

Culinary degree

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