Cook (Full Time)

3 days ago

Perth, Canada Lanark Lifestyles Retirement Residence Full time

**Why Work with Us?**

**Our Food & Beverage Department is undergoing some major changes and we'd love to have you join our team. Reclaim your evenings - **There are no late nights working at Lanark Lifestyles **Together, we can make a difference in people’s lives. Not only can we enrich our residents’ lives but we can offer our employees a meaningful career, in a luxurious setting, with a stellar team who truly cares about our staff as individuals who have their own stories and inspiration.

We want only the best employees to work in our beautiful home in this pretty community of Perth.

**About Lanark Lifestyles Retirement Residence**:
Lanark Lifestyles is not a traditional retirement home. The concept for scenic Perth’s newest retirement community is inspired by a physician and a pharmacist who have joined forces to raise the standard of care for our respected elders.

At Lanark Lifestyles, we recognize that after devoting decades of their lives caring for others, seniors deserve to be rewarded with a safe, nurturing and healthy retirement experience that offers peace of mind not only to themselves but also to their families and community.

The successful applicant for the cook position will be a team player and look forward to challenges and thinking outside the box. They will take pride in a job well done and be able to multitask. They will enjoy working with seniors and look forward to interactions. We welcome youth workers and newcomers to Canada.

**Responsibilities**:

- To prepare and serve nutritious meals for residents in a safe and attractive manner.
- To work within a set budget, limit waste and adhere to residence policies and procedures.
- Be knowledgeable of and practice residence's fire and safety programs.
- Review regular and therapeutic menus. Set-up equipment and supplies for daily food production. Prepare food following standardized recipes. Ensure meals are served on time, at appropriate temperatures and in portion controlled quantities.
- Sample the food prior to each meal to determine palatability.
- Assume responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Food Services Manager including: menu changes as necessary (ensuring that these changes follow departmental procedures), staff replacements, purchase and receive food and supplies and place service calls for malfunctioning equipment, following departmental procedures.

**Qualifications**:

- Experience in quantity food preparation.
- Familiar with Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating and therapeutic diets.
- Ability to direct and supervise others.
- Ability to understand oral and written directions.

Please include a brief cover letter with your resume.

**No phone calls please.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $19.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
Vaccines
Active Screening
Testing

**Experience**:

- cooking: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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