Pendle Hill Conference Center Cook

Posted by Pendle Hill on November 8, 2022

PENDLE HILL is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center that seeks to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives through learning opportunities, retreat, and community created on our beautiful 24-acre campus in unceded Lenni-Lenape territory and in virtual settings. At Pendle Hill we commit to being a living testimony to a social order that manifests love for everyone. We work to be inclusive, respectful, and supportive of all people. We strive courageously for peace and justice.

This is a highly collaborative staff community featuring responsive leadership and partial work-from-home arrangements for office-based employees. Community-building among staff is highly prized with monthly fun activities as part of staff meeting and two longer staff retreat days a year for fun, growth, and connection among all staff. The monthly community work morning provides variety with the opportunity to lend a hand on another team’s project or lead one for staff in your own work area. Learn more about Pendle Hill.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Cook position shares in the responsibility for planning and cooking three meals a day, year-round, for buffet-style meal service that varies in size from approximately 10 to 120 persons. Meals are prepared from scratch under the supervision of the Dining Services Manager using raw ingredients often sourced from our organic garden and local farms. All cooking staff plan and work as a team with shared responsibilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Cook assists in planning and preparing meals, homemade baked goods, and desserts with “healthy, sustainable and delicious” as the aim, completing quality control and representing the kitchen to diners as needed. Maintaining the organization and cleanliness of the kitchen, walk-in freezer, storerooms, and all workspaces in line with ServSafe and OSHA standards is key, as is timely reception of food deliveries.

Review of applications will take place on a rolling bases and continue until the position is filled.

Learn more and apply.