Newport News, Virginia Bright Heights
This position includes general cooking duties and will be responsible for maintaining the kitchen, helping with food orders, and preparing a variety of snacks and meals for the children in the center.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for preparing nutritious well-balanced meals, that meets food program requirements for items served.
Responsible for helping with ideas for the menus and making sure they meet appropriate food guidelines.
Responsible for the control of food service within budget (food orders, food inventory, and excess waste).
Responsible for the maintenance of a clean, orderly and sanitary kitchen.
Responsible for seeing that meals are served on time and helping make sure that the children with food allergies are not exposed.
Responsible for seeing that all children and staff are served appropriate serving sizes for each food item served.
Responsible for dispersing groceries, food service, and paper supply order to appropriate areas of the building.
Responsible for monthly inventory on non-food items, such as cups, plates etc. as well as all food items needed for the food service order.

Duties:

Planning and preparing meals ahead of time, cooking any items that can be prepared a day in advance of them being needed.
Being on-site, Monday through Friday
Cooking enough food that all children, teachers, and administrators have the opportunity to eat their full serving of each item prepared leaving little waste.
Preparing a cleaning schedule to help maintain a clean, safe, and healthy environment for food preparation, to include the refrigerator, cabinets and drawers, oven, stove, microwave, sink etc.
Keeps up with the number of food service containers, cups, plates, etc., that are sent out to rooms, being sure to help cut down on any items being thrown away and helping cut back cost of replacement for carelessness.
Requests items within budget for additional equipment needed to help maintain the kitchen and meal times on track and turns in request to the Program Director.

Qualifications:

Previous dietary aide experience, preferred
A high school diploma
Compensation: $11-12 per hour

If you are patient, detail-oriented, dependable, and able to provide a creative, engaging, and structured classroom experience, please apply now for our opening today!