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Lead Line Cook / Kitchen Manager

$48k

Sam's Graces Cafe

Sam's Graces Cafe, a 55-seat Breakfast and Lunch Cafe, in the quaint resort town of Petoskey, Michigan, is seeking motivated, driven candidates who possess a passion for meticulously-prepared, scratch cuisine.

This position requires restaurant cooking experience in a fast-paced, high-volume atmosphere. Seeking candidates with a proven record of longevity and success at previous, similar establishments. Ideal candidates must be able to gracefully withstand the daily vigors of an extremely busy, fast-turnover kitchen that strive for excellence in every dish.

Responsibilites include:

  • Preping and stocking cook line
  • Daily inventory
  • Cooking and expediting menu items as ordered by guests for breakfast, lunch, pizza service and, with the right candidates, eventually, Happy Hour and Dinner service
  • Ensuring that all food stock gets rotated properly
  • Daily cleaning and maintenance of kitchen and storage areas
  • Training of incoming employees
  • Assisting dishwashers and prep cooks when needed
  • Cleaning and closing the kitchen each day
  • Adhering to company policies and guidelines without wavering

Ideal Candidates will possess the following qualities:

  • Punctual
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Able to learn and adapt quickly
  • Genuinely curious and excited to learn new recipes and cooking techniques
  • Independent thinker and intuitively and initiatively driven
  • Understands the cost of high quality products and is careful about unnecessary waste
  • Is highly considerate and respectful of other coworkers
  • Understands the importance of working as a team and is willing to help other team members wherever needed
  • Able to follow specific recipes, procedures and instructions
  • Able to accept constructive criticism and grow and improve from it
  • Has impeccably clean and sanitary habits
  • Is able to work in a fast-paced, high-volume, high-pressure environment while keeping a clean, sanitary, organized, safe work area at all times as well as a level head
  • Must have breakfast cookery experience, which includes successfully flipping eggs in a pan and the ability to multi-task cooking many different items at one time
  • Possesses fine dining experience

Sam's Graces Cafe is a 100% tobacco-free and cell-phone free working workplace without exception.

Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $48,000 - $58,000 Annual
Bonus/Commission: No
Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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