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Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families, the Cook 1 plans preparation and cooking schedules, prepares food items, and cooks and seasons food. Ensures appropriate food rotations, quality and quantity control, safety and sanitation standards are followed, and the maintenance of work areas and equipment.

1. Prepares food items including breakfast, lunch, dinner, special dietary items, and snacks by following established menus, recipes and quantity quotas, determining ingredients and quantities required, assembling ingredients and equipment required for cooking, and substituting ingredients as required.
2. Cooks and seasons food items such as soups, starches, meats, poultry, vegetables, and deserts by methods/procedures such as roasting, frying, grilling, steaming, poaching, boiling, and baking. Slices food items such as meat and poultry and control portioning of food items to ensure recipe yield meets assigned quantity quotas.
3. Ensures quantity and quality control by performing duties such as monitoring yield and portion control, taking food samples, and testing food items for palatability and temperature and adjusting as needed in accordance with departmental guidelines.
4. Maintains food supplies in work area by monitoring levels, counting inventory and recording missing foods and supplies, and rotating food in order to minimize spoilage and waste.
5. Receives and stores food items by methods such as receiving deliveries of stored items and supplies and checks for damage and quality and validates receipt as ordered; storing deliveries in appropriate areas such as meat in the freezer and produce in the refrigerator; and taking inventory and completes food supply order forms.
6. Ensures safety practices and procedures are adhered to. Maintains established safety and sanitation standards by monitoring food handling and holding procedures to ensure they are in accordance with Food Safe protocols and reporting equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
7. Ensures maintenance of work areas such as kitchen, dining room, food preparation and storage areas by ensuing work area are kept clean and tidy by performing cleaning duties such as sweeping floors, cleaning and sanitizing, counter tops, sinks, machines and equipment, and spot washing walls and splash areas; and removes garbage as required. Reports needs for equipment repairs and documents equipment maintenance requirements.
8. Performs clerical duties such as answering the telephone, documenting food, fridge and dishwasher temperatures, and cleaning audits. Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as recipes and records of client preferences, allergies, and special dietary needs.
9. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience
Grade 12,
Graduation from a recognized 12-month Professional Cooking Program Current Food Safe Level 1,
Recent, related experience of one (1) year,
Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience,
Or other Qualifications determined to be reasonable and relevant to the level of work.
Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to operate related equipment, including basic computer skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
  

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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