Cook 1

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Cook 1$17. 04 - $22. 50 $2500 Sign-On Bonus (Does not apply if you have been employed by Royal Oaks in the previous 2-years)Job Openings (Subject to Change):

Saturday thru Wednesday / 1030am-7pm
Wednesday thru Sunday / 1030am-7pm

• Full Time / Benefit eligible
• All cooks will be assigned to 1 kitchen; however, you will also work in all of our 7 kitchens on our campus according to business needs
• This position requires strong culinary skills and the ability to manage all aspects of cooking independently in several smaller kitchens on our campus.

• Prepare a variety of cooking ingredients to include vegetables and fruits by washing, peeling, cutting, chopping and slicing.
• Prepare a variety of protein to include meat and fish by cleaning, trimming, cutting, chopping and slicing.
• Perform cooking duties such as, but not limited to, par boiling vegetables, searing meats and fish, and making basic sauces.
• Follow production lists created by the Sous Chef.
• Prepares food in accordance with recipe specifications and standard food preparation practices that maximize freshness, food safety and sanitation and minimizes waste.
• Ensure that all food has been prepared is correctly covered, labeled, dated, and stored in correct location in the refrigerator.
• Performs kitchen clean up including, but not limited to, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning sinks and countertops.
• Ensure all equipment and utensils used in the preparation of food are clean and sanitized. Maintain a continuous state of cleanliness.
• Maintains high standards of quality food production and appropriate quantities of food needed to meet menu requirements at the proper time.
• Prevents food waste, rotates stock, and maintains appropriate inventory pars.
• May be required, based on assigned location, to operate/drive a golf cart for the purpose of transporting supplies around campus as needed. This may also include transporting employees, residents and/or guests when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Pre-employment Drug Screening
• Criminal Background Check
• Motor Vehicle Record Check
• Adult Protective Services (APS) Registry Check
• Employment Verification
• TB Testing
• Royal Oaks is a Drug Free Workplace. Royal Oaks conducts pre-employment, random and reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with its drug-free workplace policy and has designated certain positions as safety-sensitive. Royal Oaks' general hiring policy does not discriminate against registered medical marijuana cardholders. However, in accordance with A. R. S. 23-493. 06 Royal Oaks may decline to employ or to continue to employ persons in safety-sensitive positions based on the results of drug testing.
• Marijuana: Royal Oaks does not discriminate in hiring or employment against holders of Arizona's Medical Marijuana card, although we do prohibit marijuana use on premise. Although Arizona has legalized recreational marijuana use as well as medical use, the law creates no employment protections for applicants or employees who are recreational marijuana users. Royal Oaks will require a drug screen for all applicants who accept an offer of employment and may decline those same applicants who are positive for marijuana without a Medical Marijuana card. Royal Oaks will continue to prohibit all employees from using, selling, possessing, or being impaired by marijuana in the workplace and while on duty.

• Medical/Vision/Dental for full time positions (Aetna)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• FREE Fitness Program available to all staff members
• Paid Time Off
• Volunteer Time Off, donate your time to help others without dipping into your PTO
• Covered parking
• 20% off meals
• Free Starbucks Coffee
• Scholarship Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Free membership to onsite Fitness Facility including Olympic size indoor pool and work-out equipment
• Annual Shoe Reimbursement
• Uniform (for many positions)
• Growth opportunities!
• Many more perks!

• 30-minute phone interview with a Royal Oaks Recruiter
• 90-minute in-person and cooking interview at Royal Oaks. It will consist of 30 minutes speaking with a Sous Chef and the remaining 60 minutes will be cooking a steak, cooking a fish (typically salmon), cooking an egg, and cooking an omelet. Within 24-hours after that final cooking demonstration interview, you will be notified if an offer of employment will be made. We wish you the Best of Luck!

• We are a retirement community for Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory care for our 700+ residents.
• We have 400 employees
• We are located on 52 acres
• We serve over 1300+ meals daily (breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch)
• We have over 150+ Food Service employees.
• We have 12 onsite dining rooms, including a Café Grill Dining, Casual Dining, Buffet Dining and High-End Scale Dining. Our dining rooms range from 25-100 seats each.
• We have 7 kitchens, including 1 kitchen measuring at 4500 square feet and several smaller kitchens too. Some of our smaller kitchens only hold 1-10+ cooks and dishwashers per shift. Some of our larger kitchens hold 30-40+ cooks and dishwashers per shift.
• We have a brand-new Culinary Building consisting of a 3200 square foot state-of-the-art culinary kitchen, including Award Winning high-end Hestan Appliances. Attached are 3 brand new restaurants, which include outdoor seating with waterfalls, and glass fire pits.
• We have a stone pizza oven that was hand made in Italy just for Royal Oaks. It was shipped over on a barge ship that took several months to arrive. Master your pizza skills learning to cook in this magnificent stone pizza oven.
• We have an Executive Chef, an Executive Sous Chef and 3 Sous Chefs, all of which were promoted from our internal kitchen employees. You too can grow with us!
• We have several cooks that have been working at Royal Oaks between 15 to 38 years each
• We have a large Catering Department for onsite private events for our residents and staff members serving over 100+ on-campus events every year! Some events are very small, some rather large! Some indoors and some outdoors.
• We are only one of a hand-full of Retirement Communities in AZ that have robots, we have 6 in total, serving hot and cold plates of food to our residents in our dining rooms.

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