Lead Cook

About the Role

The Lead Cook is responsible for providing supportive leadership to kitchen staff throughout food service. Their duties include assisting the Sous Chef in monitoring kitchen activities, expediting orders to ensure quality taste and presentation. The Lead Cook will direct, assist, train, and re-train cooks in the preparation of food/food orders, as well as control production levels, proper recipe following, and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Receive and prepare and/or delegate food orders according to memorized standard recipes.
• Coordinate orders for pick-up.
• Always maintain cleanliness of workstation and storage areas.
• Control waste by monitoring proper rotation, storage, and quantity control.
• Maintain inventory of station and order stock to maintain par levels.
• Consistently apply established safety and sanitation procedures.
• Assist in the training and coaching of Line Cooks.
• Cook a variety of foods in quantities, styles, according to the menu and demand of the business.
• Use and teach proper knife skills, cooking techniques, cooking methods, and terminology.
• Read, understand, follow, and create standardized recipes when preparing all foods for all food venues and outlets.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of experience in a Lead Cook role.
• Must have experience in grilling, broiling, sautéing, and steaming foods.
• Experience in training staff (preferred).
• Must be fast and capable of working on as many as 30 orders at a time with the ability to coordinate cooking times with co-workers.

Qualifications

• Virginia Racing Commission License.
• Valid Driver’s License with a minimum of three (3) years of driving experience.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit or stand; walk; use hands to finger, reach, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee may also be required to lift, push, and pull up to 50lbs. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is subjected to circulate throughout the assigned areas, including the smoking area, actively observing players and functioning of machines.

Pay

Hourly Rate: $21.00

Location: Dumfries, VA, US, 22026 | Property: The Rose Gaming Resort