District Full-time Substitute Food Service Cook/Baker

District Full-time Substitute Food Service Cook/Baker

Breckinridge County School District

Food Service - Hardinsburg, Kentucky

This job is also posted in Breckinridge County School District

Job Details

Job ID:5280846

Application Deadline:Posted until filled

Posted:Jul 10, 2025

Starting Date:Aug 7, 2025

Job Description

Breckinridge County Schools

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Food Service Cook

SUPERVISOR: Food Service Manager and Food Service Director

EXEMPT STATUS: Non-Exempt

WORK YEAR: 182 Days

BASIC FUNCTION: To prepare and serve tasty, attractive, and nutritious meals to students in an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness, and friendliness.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

Prepares baked goods

Prepares and cooks meat dishes, vegetables and other main dishes; prepares salads, sandwiches, fruit, soup, sauces and other foods

Maintains the highest standards of safety and cleanliness in the kitchen; cleans equipment, utensils, and appliances as needed

Prepares food according to a planned menu and tested, uniform recipes; determines if the finished product is of best quality both in flavor and appearance before it is served

Demonstrates an understanding of serving sizes to meet the USDA requirements with regard to the ages of the School Meal Pattern

Assists in maintaining the perpetual inventories

Assumes responsibility for proper storage and disposal of unused foods

Assists in the daily clean up of the kitchen and service areas

Performs related duties at special meal functions, such as banquets, when needed

Participates in planned training programs

Demonstrates a positive attitude toward good nutrition

Demonstrates loyalty and dedication to the purposes and goals of the Breckinridge County Schools

Assumes and carries out such other tasks as may be assigned by the manager, principal, and/or school food service director

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Principles and methods of quantity food service preparation, serving and storage

Sanitation and safety practices related to handling, cooking, baking and serving food

Methods of preparing and serving food in large quantities

Methods of adjusting and extending recipes and proper substitutions

Proper methods of storing equipment, materials and supplies

Standard kitchen equipment, utensils and measurements

Health and safety regulations

Basic record keeping techniques

Basic math and cashiering skills

ABILITIES:

Prepare, cook, bake and serve a variety of foods in quantity at an assigned food service facility

Prepare and serve food in accordance with health and sanitation regulations

Operate and maintain standard machines and equipment found in school cafeterias and kitchens

Prepare attractive, appetizing and nutritious meals for students and staff

Lift, bend, reach and stand

Follow, adjust and extend recipes

Understand and follow oral and written directions

Communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Lift heavy objects

Maintain routine records

Meet schedules and time

Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others

Plan and organize work

Observe health and safety regulations

Train and provide work direction to others

Read and write at a level required for successful job performance

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach and use hands to finger, handle and feel. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus

and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate as required by Kentucky law

Must possess a valid Kentucky driver's license.

Has met the requirements for criminal records check and child abuse and neglect check as specified by Kentucky State Law

Food service experience preferred

Must complete and maintain certification for school food services personnel

Contracts are with the district of Breckinridge County Public Schools, not with individual locations. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Location, duties, and/or responsibilities may be altered to meet the needs of the district.

Position Type:Full-Time

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