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Perform a variety of cooking duties including roasting, broiling, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, and stewing meats, fish, and poultry. Prepare soups, stocks, broths, gravies, sauces, and puddings without the use of packaged mixes. Make a variety of dessert items such aspies, cakes, cookies, and simple breads and rolls and adjust standardized recipes for the number of servings required in large quantity cooking. Prepare breakfast items, which include pancakes, french toast, and eggs to order for patient trays and cafeteria line. Prepare short orders such as hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled cheese, ham and cheese, etc., for lunch and dinner. Maintain the proper temperature for all foods during holding, transporting, reheating, and serving to assure quality control and food safety. Maintain rotation of food inventories to prevent spoilage and provide assistance to the supervisor of a higher-grade worker in ordering food in accordance with daily and weekly menu requirements. Operate various mixers, steam kettles, electric urns, and other powered mechanical kitchen equipment used in preparation and serving of food. Clean and maintain in sanitary condition equipment and work areas, sweeping and mopping floors, washing utensils, tables, and refrigerators and cleaning ovens and ranges.