Job Details
Cook Lead
2026-03-03 Cottage Health Santa Barbara,CA
Description:
All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.
Education:
About Us
Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.
Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.
Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter.
If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.
Job Description
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Cook Lead for their Nutrition department responsible for coordinating and overseeing the work of fellow kitchen employees to ensure the delivery of quality food service and Cottage standards are met while the Nutrition Manager or Sous Chef are not on duty. The Cook Lead will also review menus and production orders to determine type and quantities of meats, vegetables, soups, and use of leftovers to be prepared.
Responsibilities
- Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, poultry, vegetables and other foods to assure proper finish, texture, and taste.
- Direct and prepare all food in sufficient quantities to cover all food service requirements, timing preparation to meet service schedules, and food handling in accordance with sanitation standards.
- Supervises, coordinates, and evaluates the work of the kitchen employees to ensure the delivery of quality food service and standards are met while the Sous Chef and Manager are not on duty. Trains all new employees on all stations.
All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.
Education:
- Preferred: Culinary Arts AA Degree and/ or College Degree
- Minimum: ServSafe Certificate
- Preferred: Managers Serve Safe Certificate and Certificate in Culinary Arts
- Minimum: Knowledge of cooking techniques, knife handling, and safety and sanitation guidelines. Knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment operation, up keep and energy practices, institutional kitchen safety, sanitation and cleaning practices. Has knowledge of basic computer skills including Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
- Minimum: 3 years of cook experience & 1 years of lead cook or sous chef experience.
About Us
Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.
Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.
Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter.
If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.