Long Beach Amphitheater Food & Beverage - Cook Lead

Primary Responsibilities

• Follows Executive Chef, Sous Chefs and/or Culinary Supervisors assignments for opening and closing procedures and food preparation.
• Prepares food items by complying with portion size, quality standards, departmental rules, policies and procedures, ensuring teams are doing the same.
• Maintains HACCP standards ensuring a high-quality level of food, food temperatures, rotation of product, cleanliness and sanitation standards.
• Maintains cleanliness of kitchen including walk-in coolers, dry storage, shelves, walls, floors and drains.
• Ensures all food preparation equipment is clean and sanitized and that it is kept in a safe and operable condition; report issues to Chefs.
• Identifies and stores meats, poultry, seafood, pasta, starches, dairy products, and all other food items according to established standards.
• Participates as a team player with specific responsibilities as related to preparation, excellent service and delivery of product.
• Maintains a pleasant attitude towards customers, co-workers, and management.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail
• Elevated time management, organizational, and prioritizing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Previous culinary experience required
• Strong knife skills and kitchen equipment knowledge
• Must be able to obtain food safety certification
• Able to be self-motivated and work independently or as a team player
• Must have sufficient mobility to perform assigned production tasks including constant reaching, bending, stooping, wiping, pushing, and pulling for extended periods of time
• Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 50lbs
• Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time
• Must be available for Amphitheater Events
• Must be able to work extended hours due to business requirements including late nights, weekends and holidays
• Follows and encourages your team to follow all safety policies and procedures, including but not limited to looking for and reporting any unsafe work conditions, and complete company-wide safety training and any additional job specific safety training

Benefits

Legends & ASM Global is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and encourages Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities, and protected Veterans to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.