Cook

Reports to: Food and Beverage Manager | FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Full-Time or Part-Time

About the Role

The cook will prepare food and ingredients, process guest orders, produce orders in a timely fashion, keep the workspace clean throughout the day, follow recipes consistently, and communicate with the Guest Attendants to meet guest expectations. They are responsible for delivering safe and fresh food cooked to the guest's specifications.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ingredients
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Interact with waitstaff
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing, and mixing ingredients
• Assess customers' needs, preferences, and make recommendations
• Bake, grill, steam, boil, and fry meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, and other foods
• Present garnish and arrange final dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including utensils, equipment, and dishes
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up workstations with the required ingredients and equipment
• Accommodate special requests
• Operate kitchen equipment
• Assist with dishwashing
• Adhere to Alpen Bluffs policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Proven experience as a cook
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and prepared to prevent food-borne illness
• Calm demeanor to work in a fast-paced environment
• Interpersonal skills to work with a variety of people and fellow team members
• Accountability for prepared dishes to meet the expectations of management and guests
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools
• Knife skills and technique, including chopping, slicing, and dicing
• Comprehension and organizational skills to follow direct orders and recipes
• Foodservice knowledge
• Computer literacy
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• Ability to keep the kitchen organized, stocked, and clean
• ServSafe certified

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Stand for long periods
• Walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arm
• Frequently required to balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time and handle extreme heat
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds