School Cook

Position: School Cook (Location: Tampines West)

Reporting To: Executive Chef

Direct Reports: Kitchen Assistant

Job Role & Responsibilities:

Maintain food safety and sanitation standards.

Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients

Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh

Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods

Present, garnish and arrange final dishes

Occasionally serve food

Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes

Handle and store ingredients and food

Ordering stock in line with requirements, keeping accounts and budget control.

Maintaining correct stock levels, ensuring stock rotation and ensuring all stocks are clearly labeled to include expiry dates.

Ensure all kitchen equipment are cleaned before and after use.

Keeping track freezers and refrigerators at the correct temperature.

Adhere to the Health Promotion Board Guidelines during the preparation, cooking and serving of all food.

Ensuring the effective and regular removal of waste materials to the designated waste bins.

Requirements:

Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness

Strong interpersonal skills

Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment

Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike

Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant

Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing

Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts

Must have at least 2 years of relevant cooking experience, preferably in pre-school or childcare setting

Able to do basic calculations.

We review applications on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

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