Cook

• ****** PREP/COOK****
• EXPERIENCED ONLY
• WEEKENDS MUST
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients
• Monitor station inventory levels
• Accommodate guests’ special requests
• Operate kitchen equipment such as broilers, ovens, grills and fryers
• • Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
  • Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes
  • Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as waitstaff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers
  • Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
  • Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike
  • Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant
  • Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
  • Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts

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Core Competencies:

• Cooks work in the following areas and may be assigned to one or more areas – meats, vegetables, bakery and salads. Core competencies include:
• Speak and understand conversational English, read menus in English including comprehension of basic measurements and equivalents
• Able to multi-task and work efficiently, effectively, accurately and quickly to maintain stock of menu items within assigned area

Essential Job Functions:

• Read English menus to accurately and quickly prepare menu items for the day and in accordance with projected ratios no later than 10 minutes prior to opening unit
• Visually observe food and discard food. Track and inform management of any food items discarded
• Keep assigned area clean and walk-ins, reach-ins clutter free with restaurant issued cleaning supplies
• Maintain master knowledge of food items and recipes to prepare food.

Other Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Be flexible and able to assist, including preparation and closing in all areas in the back of house (salads, meats, vegetables,) when needed.
• When closing, discard, restock and maintain all food items.
• Transition next shift cook on current day’s progress, menu items and set-ups completed.
• Prepare set-ups, maintain organized walk-ins, complete cleaning/operational checklists.
• Maintain attendance in accordance with the employee handbook.
• Other duties, tasks and/or projects as assigned.

General Physical Demands for the Position:

Cooks will regularly stand for long periods of time, bend, stoop, turn, lift, talk, walk, walk on uneven ground, carry and lift up to fifty (50) pounds. Team lift is required for anything over twenty-five (25) pounds or any awkward lifting.