Kitchen Assistant

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Are you a foodie with a philanthropic heart? Do you wish you could be on a team that delivers culinary creations to an appreciative group of diners? If you answered YES to either question, we at Ronald McDonald House Charities(r) San Diego have a volunteer opportunity for you -- let the chef in you LIVE in our NEW commercial kitchen! Bring your sous chef skills to task working with our kitchen staff to prep, cook, and serve breakfast, lunch, or dinner to families who children are staying in local hospitals due to serious illnesses and injuries. Your creations will be experienced by approximately 250 hungry people of all ages who need to be nourished during a most challenging time for them.
This is a fun and productive way to spend time with family members or friends -- most shifts need two volunteers!

COVID-19 has brought us challenges, but we continue to serve meals to guests staying at the House as well as visitors from Rady Children's Hospital and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns along with other hospitals nearby.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist chef with meal preparation by washing and chopping food.
• Pre-cook food items, if necessary.
• Inspect food for quality.
• Package all foods into conveniently located containers.
• Serve food with a smile!
• Help chef clean-up work area.

Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to easily work with a diverse population.
• Demonstrate poise, tact, diplomacy and empathy when working with guests and visitors.
• Experience and interest cooking and preparing food a plus!
• Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision, and as an integral team member.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple, competing tasks and requests.
• Enthusiastic with a willingness to learn.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs (accommodations made for those who cannot lift).