Cook

Do you love cooking for people and being part of a team that takes pride in great food? Middlebury College Dining is looking for a Cook to help prepare fresh, high quality meals that fuel our campus community. This is more than a kitchen job - it's a stable, full-time role with great benefits and a supportive team environment.

The cook will prepare and cook menu items using standardized recipes and production sheets; work with kitchen staff to ensure timely, high quality meal service; maintain food safety, sanitation, and cleanliness standards; and assist with service lines and support overall kitchen operations.

This is a full time, benefits eligible position with a hiring range of $20.52-$24.27 per hour.

Shift differential is available for eligible shifts, are stackable, and can amount to a higher wage per hour.

• Weekend differential: An additional $1.00/hour
• Evening differential: An additional $1.50/hour

Core Responsibilities:

• Reviews production sheets and service menus to prepare appropriate food items according to recipes and in adequate volume.
• Prepare proteins, vegetables, fruits, and all other food items for use in recipes to support the daily meal production. May prepare items for the salad bar area.
• Prepare and cook items throughout the shift and at individual cook station according to supervisor's instructions, service menu and production sheets.
• Work with all kitchen personnel to ensure proper quality and quantity of food produced in a timely manner that allows us to open our doors on time. Assists other cooks as needed as well as other kitchen workers and performs other duties as necessary or as instructed.
• Before service, checks food for taste, consistency, and presentation and corrects known issues or alerts a supervisor.
• Set up service lines with food for meal and varies food production to ensure food is fresh and proper amount is prepared so that shortages or oversupply of food does not occur.
• Clean, sweeps and mops work areas, including counters, floors, dishes and related equipment as needed during the day and after each shift to maintain an orderly kitchen.
• Ensure the highest standard in sanitary kitchen procedures, food preparation, and food storage.