Cook I (Restaurant) - Full Time & Part Time

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Safely prepare all food prep and food items in accordance with standard hotel recipes and specifications.
• Read, comprehend, and follow the daily forecasts, menus and recipes in order to produce and delegate the production of all food items for respective work area.
• Complete food order requisitions using a computer, or pen and paper, to procure the necessary items needed for production in work area.
• Interact with hotel guests in order to provide for special requests.
• Participate in activities of cooks and other team members involved in preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with hotel productivity standards, cost controls and special needs.
• Audit food storeroom items for quality, consistency and rotation.
• Work to control food cost and revenues.
• Follow daily sanitation, hand washing and safety codes.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Organized, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.
• Comprehend and follow supervisor’s instructions.
• Maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.
• Able to work with interruptions.
• Able to read, write, math, and task completion skills are required.
• Able to coordinate, analyze, work with precision, follow instructions, memorize, solve problems, make decisions, and be flexible.
• Able to work all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekends as business needs dictate.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 1 year culinary experience in a high-volume restaurant kitchen required or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is constantly standing, occasionally sitting, walking, reaching overhead, bending over, crouching, kneeling, climbing, and balancing during the duration of their shift.
• Must be able to push/pull 25lbs or less frequently and 75lbs or less occasionally.
• The team member will constantly have repetitive use of both feet, both hands, and require constant dominant light and firm/strong grasping motions.
• Frequent non-dominant light and firm/grasping motions will be required as well.
• Finger dexterity of both hands will be constantly required.
• Constant use of vision abilities is required including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.