Cook

About Us:

Foxdale Village, a life plan community guided by Quaker values, is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located in State College, PA. Foxdale was founded in 1985 by members of the State College Friends Meeting and is founded on the values of treating all with dignity and respect. Foxdale is regarded as a premier healthcare facility both locally and nationally and has been voted "Best Retirement Community in State College, PA" for over a decade. Foxdale Village includes 57 apartments and 148 cottages and offers a range of health services with 46 beds in skilled nursing for short and long-term care, two memory care neighborhoods, and 55 beds in personal care, all with private accommodations. We currently have an opportunity for a new Cook to join our team.

We are currently hiring for a Full-Time position and expected work 40 hours per week (11:30am-8pm) and every other weekend/company holiday.

Responsibilities include:

• Read, understand, and verbally communicate menus to residents and other team members.
• Must be able to support good customer service and politely engage with resident and staff customers.
• Safely operate all equipment within the department.
• Able to use a chef knife safely and efficiently.
• Able to prepare a wide range of quality food with recipes and some without recipes including special diets (vegan, vegetarian, without gluten...) world cuisines (American, Italian, Indian...), and types (entrees, sides, soups, desserts, sauces...).
• Maintain a “clean-as-you-go” philosophy.
• Able to prepare food in a timely manner which is consistent with others in the same position.
• Able to utilize extra time to find tasks on your own without needed direction from management.
• Prepare, present and store product using required HACCP standards.
• Understand entrée specials as well as menu rotation; may research and design additional menu items for the operation.
• Have ability to “see forward” through the week and utilize product accordingly.
• Prepare food for special catered events as needed.
• Able to present and maintain food that is generally considered to be attractive and appealing.
• Produce grilled/short order items.
• Assist with any other culinary tasks.
• Employee may be assigned shifts that are outside of their traditional duties on occasion.
• Complete additional tasks as assigned by the lead cooks, sous chef, executive chef or management team as needed
• Maintain punctuality and regular, predictable attendance.

Full-Time Benefits at Foxdale Village Include:

• Competitive rate of pay based upon experience
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Plans
• Short Term, Long Term, and Life Insurance Plans
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 403 (B) retirement program with Match Options
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Events
• Career Development Opportunities