Job Description
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Cook I – Position Summary
The Cook I prepares, portions, cooks, and presents a variety of hot and cold food items for multiple meal periods, including Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. While core responsibilities are listed below, City of Hope may assign additional duties as needed.
Essential Functions
- Prepare and cook made‑to‑order menu items requiring short preparation times.
- Operate food stations such as a la carte or grill, ensuring timely and accurate service.
- Read food orders or follow verbal instructions to prepare items according to specifications.
- Prepare meals for customers with special dietary needs.
- Follow recipes and product directions to prepare, season, cook, taste, carve, and serve soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other menu items.
- Operate kitchen equipment to measure, mix, wash, peel, cut, and shred ingredients; trim and prepare meats, poultry, and fish; and produce batch items using basic cooking techniques.
- Taste products, review menus, estimate food needs, monitor production, and maintain records to support accurate planning and requisitioning.
- Clean and sanitize workstations and equipment while adhering to all safety and regulatory procedures.
- Receive inventory and lift/move food supplies as needed.
Your qualifications should include:
Minimum Education: High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
Minimum Experience: 0 to 2 years of related work experience.
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $21.85 - $26.23 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
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