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This Cook position at Middlebury College offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a vibrant campus community through culinary excellence. Working across two distinct campus locations, the role provides a dynamic environment where you'll prepare a variety of menu items, ensuring quality and safety in every dish. Beyond the kitchen, the comprehensive benefits package, including generous time off, educational assistance, and access to college amenities, makes this a highly attractive role for those seeking a stable and rewarding career in food service with excellent work-life balance.
About the Role
Participate in the preparation, cooking, transport, and serving of scheduled menu items according to supervisor’s instructions and food production sheets. Ensure that food is properly and safely prepared, stored, and served while complying with all applicable sanitation, health, and personal hygiene standards, appropriately using supplies and equipment to minimize loss and waste.
This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, hourly position with a hiring range of $20.52 - $24.27 per hour.
This position is a hybrid position that works at both the Tavern at the Tee and the Snow Bowl depending on the season.
Core Responsibilities:
- Reviews production sheets and service menus to prepare appropriate food items according to recipes and in adequate volume.
- Prepares proteins, vegetables, fruits, and all other food items for use in recipes to support daily meal production. Before service, checks food for taste, consistency, and presentation and corrects known issues or alerts a supervisor.
- Prepares and cooks items throughout the shift and at individual cook stations according to supervisor’s instructions, service menu, and production sheets.
- Works 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.
- Sets up service lines with food for meals and varies food production to ensure food is fresh and the proper amount is prepared so that shortages or oversupply of food does not occur.
- Cleans, 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.
- Works the point-of-sale (POS) system as needed and helps cover operational needs.
- Ensures the highest standards in sanitary kitchen procedures, food preparation, and food storage.
Qualifications:
- High school degree or equivalent experience required.
- 1 year of previous food preparation experience required.
- Must be Serve Safe certified or successfully pass the exam after hire date.
- Must gain and maintain VT DLC (Department of Liquor Control) certification, Middlebury College driver's license.
- Thorough knowledge of quality volume food preparation and production using accurate measurements with standard recipes.
- Extensive knowledge of a variety of cooking methods and techniques, proper safe food handling practices, and skills.
- Advanced culinary training through an accredited culinary school or vocational program preferred.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
Must be able to lift 10-20 lbs. numerous times during the day and up to 50 lbs. several times each day. Must be able to push and pull up to 150 lbs. frequently. Must be able to lift items above waist level. Must be able to perform numerous manual tasks and use a variety of kitchen equipment in a safe manner. Requires long periods of standing, as well as frequent bending and reaching.
Other:
An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.
Benefits & Perks:
As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing with tenure. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting.
- MiddCard Privileges: Access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible for a card with the same privileges.
- Discounts: On season passes at Middlebury College’s Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course, and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
- Partner Inclusion Program: Comprehensive support services for spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits.
- Generous Time-Away Program: Up to 34 days per year, increasing with tenure.
- Educational Assistance Programs: Robust programs available to employees.
Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities.