Cook - DMVA

Do you love preparing meals that make people feel at home? Are you looking for meaningful work where your skills truly make a difference? Join our team as a Cook in a secure residential environment , where you’ll help bring comfort, nourishment, and stability to those in your care—one plate at a time.

Preparing and cooking meals based on set menus and dietary guidelines

Following batch-cooking practices to ensure quality, freshness, and timing

Ensuring food is served safely—with correct portions, temperatures, and presentation

Keeping kitchen and prep areas clean, organized, and fully stocked

Logging food temperatures and completing required records and checklists

Assisting with food orders and deliveries

Following all sanitation, food safety, and company procedures

Supporting a respectful and routine-focused kitchen environment

Your meals help provide structure, health, and a sense of normalcy every day

You’ll be part of a team dedicated to compassionate, professional care

We provide training and support to help you succeed and grow

Every dish you prepare helps someone feel valued and cared for

Reliable, friendly, and eager to be part of a team

Focused on quality, safety, and cleanliness

Comfortable working in a structured, routine-based setting

Willing to learn and follow clear procedures and standards

Passionate about using their skills to make a positive impact

At Whitsons Culinary Group , we believe every meal is a chance to provide more than just nourishment. In our residential dining programs, food brings dignity, care, and comfort. We take pride in creating welcoming kitchen environments that support routine, healing, and respect for all.

Consistent schedule – no late nights or major holidays

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Opportunities to learn, grow, and build your culinary career

A supportive, mission-driven team that values your work

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an team member 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 team member is frequently required to:

Sit, walk, talk and hear

Use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

Be standing on feet majority of the workday in addition to walking back and forth.

Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Lifting while turning side to side is sometimes necessary.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The work is performed primarily in the kitchen and on the serving line

Standing most of the work day is required.

Work requires movement in and out of store rooms, near ovens and freezers

Exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold) due to cooking and refrigeration equipment.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work and duties that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position, and Whitsons reserves the right to add additional duties or modify existing duties.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between Whitsons and team member and is subject to change by Whitsons as the needs of Whitsons and requirements of the job change.

Megan E Peterson