Food Service: Cook

The Shack Retreat and Conference Center is a campus ministry of Grace Adventures Ministries. Grace Adventures Ministries is a religious organization that makes employment decisions on Bible based beliefs and practices. Because of the nature of our Christian program; Christian belief, character, and practice are essential requirements of employment positions.

Summary:

• Fulfill the overall ministry of The Shack Retreat and Conference Center and cast a vision to others.

General Responsibilities:

• This person will have a working knowledge of cooking, cleaning and serving meals.
• This person will have the ability to supervise others with efficiency and concern for others well-being.
• This person will be able to communicate with others; both kitchen workers and other employees of The Shack.
• This person will be organized and able to multi-task

Specific Responsibilities:

• Reporting to work on time unless otherwise pre-arranged
• Preparing food according to menu needs, including preparing for other meals in advance
• Ready to serve food on time, according to the daily schedules
• Adopting a “clean as you go” policy when working in the kitchen
• Adhering to ServSafe guidelines
• Make sure that all equipment is turned off at the end of the day
• Clean all equipment at the end of your shift (counters, stoves including the fronts, ovens, etc.)
• Assist in taking care of left-over food items
• Add items to shopping list when there’s only one left on the shelf
• Make sure the Food warming cabinet, all cambro storage units and ovens are empty at the end of the meal
• If closing down the kitchen, make sure all stoves, ovens, fans, dishwasher, and lights are off
• Close and lock the office door at the end of the day
• Make sure the griddle has been cleaned and the catcher tray is emptied and cleaned after each use
• Oversee other kitchen staff and assign jobs as needed with the standard set forth in the kitchen
• At the end of the day do a walk-through making sure the dish room has been properly shut down and a load of laundry is put in to wash, dining room is clean
• Make sure all red buckets are emptied, washed and put away
• Sweep and mop kitchen and refrigerator daily
• If grilling outside make sure the grill has been shut off and debris scraped off