Senior Cook

About the Location

Ingenia Gardens Warrnambool provides an alternative to traditional retirement living for independent seniors, offering low-maintenance rental units in a secure, gated community. Allowing you the freedom to live a safe and fulfilling life, where your privacy and independence are always respected.
Conveniently located close to shopping precincts, health facilities and sporting clubs and with a bus stop right out the front.

 
About the Role

As Senior Cook, you will be responsible for the quality production of all meals and food services to the village as well as ensuring that the kitchen, service and dining room facilities are cleaned and sanitised.  This is a part time & permanent position, 34 hours per week.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the kitchen is appropriately stocked with produce required to provide a full catering service, including relief meals, that meets and exceeds the expectations of residents
• Management of ordering, inventory and stock control, ensuring timely stock receival in accordance with budgeting requirements.
• Ensure all produce is of a high quality and used to its full potential with wastage kept to a minimum
• Management of kitchen budget in accordance with approved expenditure limits
• Develop and maintain the Village Menu, Menu Standards and food compliance documentation
• Verify critical limits are maintained by temperature, monitoring all high products from time of receipt, during storage, at time of service, during service and during chilling process (when applicable)
• Ensure the quality and flavour of food and service is always maintained to the highest standard, with resident satisfaction the core focus
• Act as the Community’s nominated “Food Safety Supervisor”, responsible for the implementation and management of Garden Villages Food Safety Program, made site specific for each Community

Cleaning and Sanitation

• Clean and sanitise all areas of the kitchen, all kitchen equipment, crockery and cutlery
• Clean and sanitise all tables and chairs and any items kept on tables in the dining room
• Sweep and mop all floor areas in the kitchen and dining room
• Clean all internal areas of the community building including the rest room facilities

Technical Skills / Qualifications

• Knowledge of HACCP and an understanding of how it relates to the Food Safety Program
• Food Safety Supervisor Accreditation
• Food Safety Training Accreditation

Experience / Requirements

• Experience in cooking and serving buffet style meals
• Basic understanding of budget/cost control
• Excellent communication skills with residents and other staff/managers
• Ability to take constructive feedback, and to discuss issues/concerns in a positive, non-confrontational manner for the best outcome

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting when accepting deliveries, unpacking stock, cleaning and/or moving furniture
• Operation and maintenance of kitchen equipment / cookers / dishwashers
• Frequent use of muscular force, bending, twisting and stretching when unpacking stock, cooking and cleaning
• Frequent walking and standing in the kitchen while cooking
• Use of cleaning products and hot kitchen equipment

Benefits

Providing an exceptional service to our residents is one of the most important factors for the success of our business. For the successful applicant, we can offer:

• Rewarding and challenging opportunity
• Excellent discounts on Ingenia Holidays
• Employee reward and recognition programme

If you wish to join a successful team in a growing company, please click on the Apply for this job button and submit your resume.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must be able to work in Australia and be residing in Australia at the time of application.  You will be required to complete background checks for this role. 

No agencies please