Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares in quantities, by various methods of cooking a variety of foods including soups, sauces, meats, fish, vegetables, baked goods, etc.
• Prepares special foods for detainees requiring special diets.
• Plans cooking schedule so food is ready at prescribed times.
• Insures delivery of food to pod at prescribed times.
• Provides the measuring, mixing, stirring, cutting, grinding, chopping and seasoning of ingredients according to recipes.
• Test foods for completion of cooking time and adjust heat controls.
• Monitors the baking, roasting, broiling, frying and steaming of foods as called for in recipes.
• Monitors the carving and dividing of portions into individual servings.
• Assists in the training of detainees.
• Monitors daily operations in food productions for conformance to establish quality, quantity, safety and sanitation requirements.
• Reviews menus to determine type and quantity of food to be prepared.
• Draws required cooking utensils from kitchen storage areas.
• Loads and unloads delivery trucks as necessary.

Educational Qualifications :
High School Diploma or G.E.D.

Skills:

• Must have inter/intra communications skills with employees and department head. Must be able to follow Standard Codes of Conduct pertaining to interaction with the detainee population.

• Clean background, credit, driving record, drug screening, US citizenship or certificate. Speak/write English.

Work Environment:

• Work areas may include all areas of the facility. May be exposed to cleaning chemicals and solvents. May work in close proximity to steam or gas ovens that produce intense heat. Works in close proximity to detainee population.

• holiday/vacation pay, Full medical/dental/vision.