Line Cook

Job description

Description:
"Join our kitchen and let your creativity shine."

We are currently seeking professional culinary artists to enhance our Members' dining experience. The position of Line Cook consists of managing the daily preparation of food items for a station or a specific area in a kitchen and cooking and plating all food orders in an efficient, healthful and attractive manner. We take pride in inviting only the best of the best to join our team.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Prepares all soups, stocks, sauces; boils, braises and roasts items as per standardized recipes
• Prepares and serves all sauteed, fried, grilled, steamed and baked items as per standardized recipes
• Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served, following standard recipes and special diet orders. Plans food production to coordinate with meal serving hours, so that excellence, quality, temperature and appearance of food is preserved
• Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production
• Maintains assigned work station in a safe and sanitary condition
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, and
perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
• A minimum of three years experience as a cook in a hotel, restaurant, club or similar
institution.
• Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications and standards.
• Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of
nutrition and diet.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Stand or walk for up to 8 hours per day
• Bend, stoop, and stretch frequently throughout the day
• Lift up to 50 lbs. independently
• Moderate to heavy physical effort needed infrequently
• Manual dexterity for preparing food.
• May be exposed to
- Extreme temperatures (freezers and stoves-range burners) for short periods of time
- Industrial cleaning chemicals