Lead Cook

 LEAD COOK JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to: Food and Beverage Manager | FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Full-Time

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Lead Cook will be preparing food and ingredients, processing guest orders, producing meals in a timely fashion, keep the workspace clean through the day, follow recipes consistently, and communicate with the Guest Attendants to meet guest expectations. They are responsible for delivering safe and fresh food that is cooked to the specifications of the guest. The Lead cook will also help train other cooks and oversee the kitchen.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare ingredients
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Interact with Guest Attendants
• Assists with documenting recipes
• Follow recipes including measuring, weighing, and mixing ingredients
• Ensure cooks follow food recipes
• Create feature dishes
• Assess guest, needs, and preferences and make recommendations.
• Bake, grill, steam, boil, and fry meats, poultry, fish, vegetables and other foods
• Present, garnish, and arrange final dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Check in orders and track product inventory
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including utensils, equipment, and dishes
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards at all times
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up work stations with required ingredients and equipment
• Adhere to Alpen Bluffs policies and procedures
• Ensure the cooks follow all policies and procedures
• Accommodate special requests
• Operate kitchen equipment
• Ensure overall kitchen is maintained from cleanliness to equipment
• Enforce weekly cleaning procedures
• Assist with dishwashing
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience as a kitchen lead or head cook
• Ability to work with and direct a team
• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and prepared to prevent food borne illness
• Calm demeanor to work in a fast paced environment
• Interpersonal skills to work with a variety of people
• Accountability for prepared dishes to meet expectations of management and guests
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools
• Knife skills and technique including chopping, slicing, and dicing
• Comprehension and organizational skills to follow direct orders and recipes
• Food service knowledge
• Computer Literacy
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• Ability to keep the kitchen organized, stocked and clean.
• Servsafe certified
• Flexibility in schedule

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continually required to: 

• Stand for long periods of time
• Walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arm
• Frequently required to balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time and handle extreme heat
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds.

Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. 

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to add to or modify the duties and/or responsibilities at any time.