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Lead Cook
Eskaton
Location : Granite Bay, CA, 95746
Job Type : Full Time
Date Posted : 2 December 2025
Lead Cook
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Job Details
Description
Position Summary:
The Cook is responsible for the preparation and serving of meals for the residents of Eskaton. He/She is responsible for cooking a variety of foods to ensure the highest quality and resident satisfaction, maintains cleanliness of food services area and indirectly supervises Cooks, Food Service Workers/Dietary Aides.
Position Responsibilities include:
• Applies sanitation and safety techniques while working and supervising.
• Is responsible for all kitchen activities in the absence of Manager/Director.
• Assists in training of food service personnel as directed.
• Assists in the scheduling, cleaning and maintaining of kitchen facility and equipment according to schedules, and procedures. Routinely checks and maintains temperature logs for completion.
• Prepares and cooks meals according to recipes and menus, food production methods, regulatory requirements and therapeutic diet orders, ensuring palatability and quality.
• Practices and applies portion control of all diets during preparation and service while supervising kitchen staff during meal service.
• Makes appropriate notations of food substitutions on daily menus and communicates to Manager/Manager on Duty.
• Assists in inventory, ordering, rotation and maintaining of foods in all storage areas.
• Familiar with food service disaster plan.
Qualifications
Education:
High school graduate or GED.
Training and Experience:
Must have two to four years recent experience as a cook, restaurant background preferred.
Serve Safe Certification.
Job Knowledge:
Must have knowledge of safe food handling and preparation. Must have knowledge of good practices to avoid waste and misuse. Must have the ability to present foods in an attractive and palatable manner and to test quality of food by taste and smell. Must have a broad knowledge of breakfast, lunch and dinner entree preparation. Must have a broad knowledge of scratch soups, sauces/gravies, starches and vegetables.
Qualifications
Skills
Behaviors
Motivations
Education
Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
Serve Safe
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Freqently Asked Questions
In Granite Bay, a Lead Cook must excel in preparing diverse meal types, including scratch soups and sauces, while adhering to safety and portion control. Mastery in food taste testing and presentation is key to ensuring resident satisfaction and maintaining high kitchen standards.
Advancing from Cook to Lead Cook often requires gaining supervisory experience, deep understanding of food safety certifications like Serve Safe, and proficiency in managing kitchen operations. Demonstrating leadership in meal prep and staff training can position candidates for this promotion.
A Lead Cook at Eskaton oversees meal preparation for residents, supervises kitchen staff, maintains sanitation standards, handles inventory tasks, and ensures compliance with dietary requirements. They also step in for management when needed, balancing hands-on cooking with leadership.
Eskaton values candidates with two to four years of recent cooking experience, preferably including restaurant settings. This background enriches skills in diverse menu preparation and quality control, enhancing the residential dining experience they provide.
At Eskaton, the Lead Cook must adapt recipes to therapeutic diets and ensure meal palatability for residents with specific nutritional needs. Balancing quality with strict safety and sanitation protocols requires both culinary skill and sensitivity to resident wellbeing.
Granite Bay's culinary job market shows moderate competition, with Eskaton standing out due to its focus on senior care. Applicants with solid food safety certifications and leadership experience often have an edge in securing positions here.
Lead Cooks in Granite Bay typically earn between $18 and $24 per hour, reflecting the area's living costs and demand. Those with certifications like Serve Safe and supervisory experience may command wages at the higher end of this range.
Eskaton emphasizes rigorous adherence to safety standards, providing training on sanitation, temperature logging, and disaster plans. Lead Cooks are empowered with resources and protocols to uphold these practices, ensuring resident health and operational stability.
Eskaton’s Lead Cook role uniquely combines culinary leadership with a focus on therapeutic diets and resident satisfaction in a senior living context. This contrasts with typical restaurant roles by emphasizing specialized nutrition and indirect supervision.
Serve Safe certification is highly preferred for Eskaton’s Lead Cook roles, reflecting a commitment to safe food handling. Candidates with high school diplomas or GEDs and several years of cooking experience meet the foundational qualifications sought.
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