Cook-05 - INT – 6659

Duties

• Prepares and cooks a variety of menu items such as hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, eggs, quick meals, cold sandwiches and salads.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment which utilizes gas, electricity, steam, or microwave heat sources.
• Grills or fries steaks, chops, poultry, pancakes, bacon, sausage, etc., by watching while the items are cooking, turning as required and removing when done.
• Prepares and cooks fresh, frozen or canned vegetables and fruits for serving as directed.
• Prepares desserts, juices, and other items as directed by higher-grade cooks.
• Places cooked food in serving dishes, steam carts and food trucks.
• Maintains rotation of food inventories to prevent spoilage.
• Maintains proper temperature for all foods during holding, transport, reheating, and serving to assure quality control and food safety.
• Covers, dates and properly stores all food items at the close of business or shift.
• Verifies and stores food supplies properly.
• Maintains assigned area in a neat and orderly manner and in compliance with fire, safety, sanitation and security regulations.
• Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas.
• Disassemble and assemble component parts and accessories for cleaning, and follow safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury or damage to the equipment.
• Clean and use a variety of cooking utensils required to measure, weigh, and process food items.
• Clean, store, and maintain all kitchen utensils and clean and maintain all equipment and work areas after each use practicing a "clean as you go" concept.
• Removes soiled dishes, glasses, and flatware from tables and carries to dishwashing area.
• Cleans tables of paper, other trash, or soiled linen, salt, pepper, sugar, glasses, and flatware; serves butter, salads, and deserts as instructed.
• Scrapes and pre-rinses dishes, glasses and flatware for washing.
• Separates food waste and trash.
• Loads dishes into dishwasher.
• Hand washes dishes.
• Stacks and stores clean dishes.
• Perform various other cleaning tasks (e.g., walls and ceilings, floors, work tables, and walk-in refrigerators) following an established cleaning schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience in methods and procedures relating to food preparation, presentation, reading and following recipes.
• Experience following oral and written instructions and performing simple arithmetic.
• Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds. Must be able to continuously stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull and bend for long periods of time.
• Must be able to obtain a Food Handler's Certificate and/or complete food handler's training.