Assistant Cook
Core
Prepares and cooks menu items in small batches, ensuring food quality and safety standards for students, faculty, and guests at Harvard University.
Role type
Assistant Cook (Culinary)
Builds
Prepared meals, soups, sauces, and catered functions for university dining services
Domain
Hospitality / Higher Education Dining
Required skills
Culinary techniques, knife skills, food safety compliance, temperature control, portioning, kitchen equipment operation, sanitation procedures
Preferred skills
University environment experience, ServSafe certification
Technologies
Digital and analog thermometers, scales, kitchen tools
Responsibilities
Cook menu items using standardized recipes, taste and evaluate food before service, carve or slice meat for service, cool and store food per HACCP procedures, maintain clean and organized workspaces, record portion amounts and fill out sanitation logs, comply with food illness policies
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC