Housekeeper Cook Job Description
Thursday – Monday (could be flexible to Wednesday-Sunday) 11am through dinner clean up (8-9pm).
General Responsibilities:
• Shopping, cooking, and cleaning for lunch, and dinner
• Menu planning for lunch and dinner
• Stock control and inventory of daily foods (yogurt, milk, fruits, OJ) and pantry staples (peanut butter, butter, flour, sugar)
• Regularly cleaning out the refrigerator and freezer, and discarding out-of-date and spoiled products
• Kitchen, Breakfast Room, Dining Room, Sitting and Dining Porches, upkeep
• Dinner party catering as needed
• Helping to polish silverware
Quarterly Responsibilities
• Wipe outside kitchen/ pantry cabinets
• Clean inside of cabinets
• Deep clean stoves, hoods, vent, and controls
Weekly Responsibilities
• On Saturday’s and Sunday’s or when the other housekeeper is out make bed, tidy up dressing room, light cleaning of bathroom and emptying garbage from these rooms.
• On Saturday’s and Sunday’s or when the other housekeeper is out do a walk-through of the house to make sure things are straightened and tidied. Light cleaning of the downstairs Powder Room.
• Pledge the sliding door leading to dinning porch
• Clean dishwasher filter
• Check refrigerator and freezer for expired and moldy food
• Wipe all refrigerator and freezer shelves
• Clean stove backsplash and surface of stoves hood and controls
• Check that there is soap in the kitchen dispensers
• Check that all salt and pepper shakers are full
• Submit receipts to ensure petty cash is available to purchase groceries and household needs
• Work with team on the weekly order from the family farm when in season
• Work with the other housekeeper on flowers and plant care