"Cook I (IQ Fresh) (Academic)"

Position Highlights

Join the heart of campus life at the University of Arizona Student Unions, where culinary creativity meets community. We're seeking passionate Cooks I to bring their skills to our dynamic team. As a Cook I, you will be instrumental in crafting delicious dishes while prioritizing food safety. From gourmet meals to campus favorites, you'll utilize a variety of cooking skills and equipment to deliver exciting and fun dining experiences.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares food on hot or cold production line, adhering to the recipe's method of preparation.
• Prepares food items from recipes for restaurant on a daily basis.
• Performs food preparation tasks such as sandwich, salad making and beverage preparation, following written standardized recipes.
• Coordinates food preparation needs and ordering needs with supervisor and p.m. staff.
• Cleans and processes fruits and vegetables according to recipe's specifications, labels, dates and stores fruits and vegetables in proper areas.
• Assembles necessary ingredients to prepare orders, labels and dates products and assists cold food production when possible, preventing cross contamination of food products.
• Weighs, labels and dates all food items, stores in designated areas.
• Cleans countertops, windows, walls, shelves, drain screens, floor mats, cooking utensils, grills, oven hoods, and other equipment used in food preparation; ensuring all utensils are properly stored.
• Empties sanitizer and takes out trash.
• Greets and serves customers in a friendly courteous manner, works harmoniously with co-workers, supervisors and management and actively solves problems whenever possible.
• Additional duties as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of food service operations including large quantity food preparation.
• Knowledge of job content, practices, and procedures.
• Skills necessary to fully perform all aspects of the job.
• Skill in operating various institutional/commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to effectively communicate.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/move up to 50lbs.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or high school diploma equivalency is required.
• Must be able to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of high-volume restaurant experience.