Summary:

The Cook prepares, seasons, and cooks soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Read menus to estimate food requirements and orders food;
2. Adjusts thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters and steam kettles;
3. Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipes, using a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment, such as blenders, mixers, grinders, slicers, and tenderizers, to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles;
4. Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods;
5. Adds seasoning to food during mixing or cooking, based on personal judgment and experience;
6. Observes and tests food being cooked by tasting, smelling, and piercing with fork to determine that it is cooked.
7. Carves meat, portions food on serving plates, adds gravies, sauces, and garnishes servings to fill orders.
8. May wash, peel, cut and shred vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
9. May butcher chickens, fish, and shellfish.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Servsafe Certification
Two years of related food service experience or education required;
Read instructions, rules, etc.
Requires mathematical development sufficient to be able to compute ratio and proportion, and percentages. Calculate surface, volumes, weights and measures.
Use hand tools or machines.
Measure, cut, or otherwise work on materials or objects with great precision.

Working Conditions:

Ability to lift 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
Ability to withstand extremes of heat plus temperature changes which are sufficiently marked and abrupt.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job.

Application Procedure:

Submit application to:
Beverly Siercks, Human Resources Assistant
William Jewell College, Greene Hall, Room 117
500 College Hill Box 1017
Liberty, MO 64068

Applicants who need accommodation for the application or interview process, please make such accommodation request in advance to the Human Resources department.

Availability:

Screening of application will begin upon receipt of resumes. Position is open until filled.