Cook

Title of Position: Cook

Department: Kitchen

Reports to: Manager on Duty

Overall Responsibility:

Purple Cow cooks are responsible for cooperatively working with all stations to consistently produce the “Purple Cow” product. Responsible for all preparation, production, and cleaning of the kitchen and its equipment while upholding our standard of “Outrageous” guest service. Purple Cow cooks should have the ability to work positively in a high paced, team environment.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Maintain established company procedures for the kitchen, and personal behavior.
• Proper preparation and assembly of product in a consistent and timely manner.
• Communication with the manager on production, inventory, and resource issues.
• Provide a clean environment for production, while adhering to Health Code Standards.
• Complete special tasks when assigned.
• Stocking of job related items

Communicates with:

• Manager
• Servers
• Dishwasher
• Soda Jerk

Qualifications

• Strong sense of guest service and urgency.
• Good Organizational and Multi-tasking skills.
• Ability to lift at least 25 lbs.
• Staying focused on job tasks
• Strong teamwork ethic
• Ability to read tickets and/or kitchen display screens
• Knowledge of Health Codes

About Us: 

We at Purple Cow, treat all team members fairly and seek to provide everyone with an experience that fulfills their professional goals. We allow for everyone’s voice to be heard, and we maintain a learning-oriented and team-based culture.

We give raises for learning new stations, annual performance appraisals and pay reviews as well as advancement and educational opportunities at every level of our business. Our goal is that all team members can succeed with us and in their careers beyond.

Compensation: $9 and up (depending on experience)

Purple Cow has been serving "The Young of All Ages" in Central Arkansas since 1989.

The Purple Cow is a 50s-style, full-service diner delighting customers with gourmet burgers, specialty sandwiches, delicious entrée salads and old-fashioned soda fountain treats. We serve ice cream from Arkansas' own Yarnell's Premium Ice Cream. Quality is key to us. All of our soups and sauces, most of our dressings and our award-winning cheese dip and chili are homemade. 

We pride ourselves in consistently serving food of the highest quality. We are famous for our hamburgers and milkshakes, but offer much more, such as, specialty salads, grilled sandwiches, homemade soup, chili, and cheese dip, just to name a few.  All of our guests receive Outrageous Service, meaning we go above and beyond to meet all of their needs. We provide all of this in a clean, organized, and FUN environment. Our ultimate goal is to give our guests a one of a kind experience that will leave a lasting impression, and encourage them to become a lifelong fan.

The Purple Cow Team is what sets us apart from the herd. Every team member in the organization is an integral part in providing our guests an Outrageously Great Experience. We offer great benefits to all full-time team members and salaried managers. We believe in cultivating the talent of all team members so that they can achieve their goals. We have a proven track record of developing hourly team members into salaried management positions and promoting managers to General Managers.

We believe in giving back to the community. The Purple Cow is an enthusiastic supporter of many charities, local nonprofit organizations, charity events and kid-friendly events throughout the year such as: Race to Remember, Arkansas Autism Walk, Grinch Fest, Mid America Museum, Soup Sunday, Silent Sunday, Arkansas Food Bank, Bethlehem House, Alzheimer’s of Arkansas and the list goes on.

We are proud of our food, service, community involvement and most of all, our team!