Associate, Cook

Description

TITLE: Associate, Cook

DEPARTMENT: Kitchen

REPORTS TO: Culinary Supervisor 

About the Role

Reporting to the Culinary Supervisor, the Associate, Cook is responsible for performing day-to-day tasks on the production floor. The Associate, Cook executes production satisfactorily on the Kitchen floor, which includes prep, hotline, staging, dish room, and blixing.

How You’ll Make a Difference 

• Support Culinary Leadership in executing food preparation and production on the kitchen floor, which includes but is not limited to the following: Food Preparation, cooking, recipe adherence, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, temperature-taking, time tracking, and cleaning of the kitchen and equipment. 
• Work with commercial kitchen equipment to include but not limited to commercial ovens, combi-ovens, tilt skillets, steam jacketed kettles, blixers, stand mixers, immersion blenders, food processors, seven chef. 
• Understand basic troubleshooting or identification of malfunctioning kitchen equipment and reporting of damaged equipment to Culinary Leadership.
• Maintain compliance with GMPs as well as all applicable company policies. 
• Maintain working knowledge of new and existing SOPs and policies across the culinary team and other departments as required; ensure processes and policies are adhered to at all times
• Organizing working area with the correct ingredients, kitchen equipment and utensils as directed by Culinary Leadership and standardized recipes
• Execute Culinary production needs based on the recipes provided and within the the time standards set by kitchen management
• Ensure that Sanitation buckets, cleaning solution and materials are on the line prior to production as well as making sure all GMPs are followed.
• Fulfill all documentation, Batch Sheets, Equipment Cleaning Logs, Sanitation Bucket Logs, Vegetable Washing Logs, Cooking/Cooling Logs, Quality Control and Quality Assurance on the floor when appropriate and submit to lead or manager on duty in a timely manner. 
• Adhere to proper food storage practices to include allergen storage procedures, compliance with First IN First Out (FIFO) and First Expiration First Out (FEFO)
• Ensure that Meal Components are properly labeled with correct amount, date, meal code
• Stay compliant with safety policies, changes, and rollouts
• Additional duties that may be assigned

Qualifications

Who You Are
 

• High school diploma required
• 2 years’ experience in large scale, high-volume kitchen
• Strong ability to execute food prep production tasks with minimal supervision and guidance
• Strong food safety and sanitation compliance experience
• Master in executing food prep production tasks with minimal / no supervision and guidance
• Master in reading and executing recipes accurately
• Master in executing all culinary competencies; Prep, Blixer, Hotline or Staging
• Strong communication skills to maintain consistent standards of excellence and performance.
• Ability to form effective working relationships with a cross-functional team
• Ability to adhere to company SOPs and implement new initiatives as needed
   

Our Culture

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we do our best and most impactful work when we feel represented and belong. We're proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.  We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”), including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, hairstyles, hair texture, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Salary : $21 - $23