?? NOW HIRING: COOKS | FULL-TIME & PART-TIME
Join Mather, an Award-Winning Employer
Bring your culinary talent to Mather, a multiple-award-winning workplace where hospitality, wellness, creativity, and great food come together.
We are currently hiring Full-Time and Part-Time Cooks at two of our nearby luxury senior living communities:
?? Mather Place
2801 Old Glenview Rd.
Wilmette, IL 60091
?? The Mather Evanston
425 Davis St.
Evanston, IL 60201
Come Cook With Us
Join a skilled and collaborative food and beverage team in a fast-paced, from-scratch kitchen environment where creativity, quality, and teamwork come together.Our food and beverage teams prepare fresh, high-quality meals daily for multiple restaurants within our luxury senior living communities. With menus and recipes that regularly evolve, no two days are exactly the same.
As a Cook at Mather, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Prepare fresh, high-quality meals with care and consistency
- Grow your culinary skills in an innovative kitchen environment
- Work alongside a talented, team-focused culinary team members
- Help create memorable dining experiences for residents
- Maintain high standards of food quality, safety, sanitation, and hospitality
What We Offer
- Hourly Pay Range $21.50 - $24 USD
- Benefits for eligible team members
- Paid skills-training opportunities
- On-the-job perks
- A supportive, people-first workplace
- Opportunities to continue learning and growing your culinary career
Scheduling
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
Part-time: 20-30 hours per week
Candidates must have flexibility to work weeknights, weekends, and holidays.
Qualifications & Skills
Required:
- Knowledge and understanding of cooking techniques
- Prior experience within a high-quality restaurant, country club, hotel, or senior living company preferred
- Ability to communicate with supervisors, co-workers, residents, and guests and follow standardized recipes
- Ability to operate kitchen equipment and tools commonly found within the hospitality/health care industry
- Current sanitation certification
- Effective written communication skills and ability to read and interpret instructions
- Reliable, predictable, and punctual attendance
- Sensitivity to the needs of older adults and an enjoyment of working with a senior population
- Ability to work productively in a team environment
Preferred:
- Formal culinary training
- Prior experience within a high-quality restaurant, country club, hotel, or senior living company
- Basic knowledge of therapeutic diets, recipe ingredients, heart-healthy guidelines, and other dietary restrictions
- Flexibility with varying shifts
- English language proficiency
