Garde Manger

Description

Summary: 

Prepares salads, dressings, fruits, desserts and sets up the buffets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following;

• Prepares a wide variety of salads.
• Sets up the buffet in the dining rooms and for all banquets.
• Makes all salad dressings and condiments for all hot and cold foods.
• Chops, dices, and grinds meats and vegetables.
• Slices cold meats and cheese.
• Arranges and garnishes cold meat dishes.
• Prepares cold meat sandwiches.
• Maintains quality standards of prepared food items in accordance with The Polo Club’s policies and procedures.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment. 
• Conforms to Serve Safe food handling procedures and standards.
• Communicates with members, co-workers, management and the general public in a courteous and professional manner.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures and instructions.
• Exhibits and maintains a professional demeanor to reflect a positive image of The Polo Club.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Executive Sous Chef.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:    

• Requires some culinary skills and ability to work with kitchen equipment and utensils.
• Ability to verbally communicate well in English and in writing.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions in English.
• Ability to interact professionally and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, co-workers and members.
• Must be able to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability:
Ability to communicate well in English. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.

Math Ability:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:
No requirements.

Certificates and Licenses:
Serve Safe Certification.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather) and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Qualifications