COOK

On-Call CookThe National Conference Center is one of the largest and most comprehensive conference centers and learning and development campuses in the nation with 917 guestrooms and 270,000 square feet of conference and event space. Located in Leesburg, Virginia along the Potomac River near Washington DC, 20 minutes from Dulles Airport, The National delivers the country's foremost learning and meeting experience. The National offers a unique combination of extensive conference facilities and guest lodging to create the ideal environment for participant development. Our multipurpose venue offers tremendous flexibility to provide the perfect environment for a variety of line level training, executive education, and professional development programs.The National is looking for an on-call Cook who will be responsible for controlling quantity and quality production of all food items in kitchen accordance with established standards and safety and sanitation policies.Essential tasks include following directions from Sous Chef in delegating workload and in ensuring a high level of quality according to recipes and standards, controlling quantity of production, preparing food items required by assigned department, assembling and distributing foods following prescribed recipes, decorating and garnishing all prepared foods, checking and controlling seasoning and appearance of all food, reporting any maintenance problems or other problem areas to supervisor as they occur, following The National's policies and procedures and safety and sanitation policies and ensuring compliance with these policies and procedures, and may be required to work nights, weekends, and/or overtime.Required education and experience includes a degree from a post-secondary culinary arts training program is desirable, minimum of 1-2 years hotel/restaurant cooking experience or equivalent, institutional experience in large quantity preparation preferred, ability to assist in enforcing controls, procedures, quality, and quantity production, and some experience in supervising, delegating, and training preferred.Additional information includes this position will be based at The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, The National is an equal opportunity employer supporting diversity in all our business practices, and as part of our pre-employment process, candidates who are extended an offer of employment will be required to successfully pass a drug test and background check.National Conference Center provides equal opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations. The company grants reasonable accommodations to applicants with known disabilities, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship for the company.