Line Cook

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

• Prepares, bakes, and cooks, such as meats and pastries.
• Cleans and maintains kitchen work areas and restaurant equipment and utensils.

General Accountabilities

• Inspects and clean food preparation areas or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
• Ensures food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, and grills.
• Ensures freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
• Seasons and cooks food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
• Bakes
• Observes and tests foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently.
• Washes, peels, cuts, and seeds fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption.
• Carves and trims meats for hot or cold service.
• Washes dishes, glassware, flatware, pots, or pans by hand or using dishwashers.
• Maintains kitchen work areas, equipment, or utensils.
• Places clean dishes, utensils, or cooking equipment in storage areas.
• Sorts and removes trash and places it in designated pickup areas.
• Cleans garbage cans.
• Sweeps or scrubs floors.

Job Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience: A few months to one year of related experience

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Monitoring
• Coordination
• Active listening