Line Cook - Gjelina NY

General Attributes

• To maintain a high customer service focus by approaching your job with our guests' satisfaction always in mind.
• To have a positive impact, taking responsibility and initiative to resolve issues, always clearly communicating with both guests and your colleagues.
• To be decisive, accepting responsibility for making things happen, thinking ahead and developing contingency plans (while ensuring that you have the support to get the job done).
• To be motivated and committed, approaching all tasks with enthusiasm, and seizing opportunities to learn new skills or knowledge in order to improve your performance.
• To be flexible, responding quickly and positively to changing environments
• To maintain high team focus by strong leadership, showing cooperation, and support to colleagues in the pursuit of department goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of appearance and hygiene that include clean clothes, nails, and hair. No heavy perfumes/colognes.
• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients
• Monitor station inventory levels
• Accommodate guests' special requests
• Operate kitchen equipment such as broilers, ovens, grills and fryers
• Follows the prep list created by management
• Follows recipes, portion controls, and presentation specifications
• Cleans and maintains station in practicing good safety, sanitation, organizational skills
• Has understanding and knowledge to properly use and maintain all equipment in station
• Helps with other kitchen duties assigned by the Chefs to ensure all department needs are met.
• Act with integrity, honesty and leadership that promotes company's values.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization throughout the kitchen and ensure proper set up and breakdown of the entire operation.
• Aid in maintaining daily, weekly, monthly logs
• Aid in checking food quality and food temperatures throughout the day to maintain company and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point rules and regulations.
• Cross train in other positions and provide support to those workstations as needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of cooking experience.
• Must be available to work a flexible schedule to include evenings, weekend shifts, and holidays.
• Must know basic math and measurements
• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions
• In-depth understanding of professional cooking/baking, knife handling skills and safety
• Ability to take direction
• Ability to train and teach
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure
• Strong baking skills needed
• Ability to work with speed and efficiency
• Demonstrates integrity, trust, ethics, and values.
• Must be able to take direction and delegate responsibilities effectively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptable, team-oriented, dependable, and strong work ethic.
• Food Handler Certification - Food Handling & Sanitation Awareness
• Must understand how to abide by the rules of the Department of Health related to Food Service.