• Baton Rouge, LA
  • $12–$14 Per Hour
  • Quick Apply
30+ days ago

Job Description

The Pines Retirement is looking to add a skilled energetic Cook to their team. 

A nursing home cook prepares nutritious, appetizing meals for residents while adhering to specific dietary restrictions, health regulations, and safety standards. Responsibilities include meal planning, cooking, portion control, and maintaining a hygienic,, compliant kitchen environment in a long-term care facility.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Menu Preparation: Prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner, ensuring meals met therapeutic, texture-modified, and religious dietary needs.
  • Safety & Sanitation: Maintained a clean,, sanitary, and organized workstation in compliance with state, federal, and health department regulations.
  • Resident Care: Collaborated with dietary staff to ensure nutritional compliance, often preparing specialized meals for residents with dietary restrictions.
  • Culinary Operations: Executed standardized recipes, managed food inventory, and ordered supplies while controlling food waste.
  • Documentation: Completed daily food production logs, temperature logs, and meal ticket tracking.
Key Skills:

  • Food Safety & Sanitation (e.g., ServSafe)
  • Therapeutic/Modified Diets
  • Quantity Cooking
  • Menu Planning & Prep
  • Portion Control
  • Inventory Management

Full time benefits include:

-Vacation/Sick

-Medical/Dental/Vision

-STD/LTD

-Life Insurance 

Numbers & Facts

LocationBaton Rouge, LA
Salary$12–$14 Per Hour

Skills

  • Cook Dishesunmatched
  • Culinary Operationsunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Food Productionunmatched
  • Food Safetyunmatched
  • Health Departmentunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Life Insuranceunmatched
  • Long-Term Careunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Meal Plansunmatched
  • Menu Managementunmatched
  • Nursing Homeunmatched
  • Nutrition Therapyunmatched
  • Order Suppliesunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Portion Controlunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Safety Standardsunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Sanitationunmatched
  • ServSafe Certificationunmatched

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