Cook

About the role

Reports to the Food and Beverage Manager. Prepares hot and cold food to order according to standardized recipes while maintaining the highest quality of service to guests and co-workers. Follows proper food handling techniques, adheres to temperature danger zone guidelines, and ensures food safety and sanitation standards are met.

Responsibilities

• Prepares hot and cold food to order as per standardized recipes.
• Provides highest quality service to guests and co-workers at all times.
• Follows proper food handling techniques and coordinates the use of time, material and equipment to avoid waste and unnecessary expense.
• Assists with opening and closing inventory counts.
• Sets station up prior to opening to ensure a state of readiness based on historical par levels to ensure adequate supply during service.
• Stores and properly handles raw and cooked foods and non-food supplies.
• Maintains a sanitizer bucket at proper dilution at all times.
• Ensures all products are properly wrapped, labeled and dated.
• Practices FIFO (First in, first out) for all products to ensure proper rotation.
• Operates equipment (knives, grill, flat top, fryer, etc.) according to use and safety instructions.
• Cooks the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
• Distributes food to concession cashier/attendant to serve to customers.
• Requests inventory refills as needed on a timely basis to ensure adequate supply is always available for guest requests.
• Keeps work area clean, organized and sanitary.
• Cleans and organizes work station at end of shift to ensure safety guidelines are maintained and the stand is ready for the next shift.

Requirements

• One-year certificate from culinary school or comparable experience.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Must be 18+ years to apply.
• Must be compliant with health codes.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret recipes and prep list.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Basic knife skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to change in the work environment, managing competing demands, frequent changes, delays or unexpected events.
• Ability to work flexible hours; irregular hours may exist.

Working Conditions

Location: Sames Auto Arena

Physical Demands

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