Restaurant Cook

Description

Job Overview
Responsible for preparing and delivering high-quality meals for restaurant service and hotel events while supporting efficient kitchen operations. This role ensures consistent food quality, maintains sanitation standards, and contributes to a smooth, well-organized culinary environment.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce all meals for guests and events held in the restaurant, Kindred Table.
• Maintain safety and sanitation standards in accordance with local and state laws, as well as Hotel standards and expectations.
• Uphold a high-quality standard of food.
• Ensure expired product is discarded.
• Ensure the refrigerators are stocked and in working order.
• Prep as needed to ensure smooth and efficient service.
• Complete daily cleaning tasks.
• Aid with all culinary needs and steward functions as necessary.
• Engage with guests and fellow associates using D.A.R.E to Connect behaviors.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to cook food to order; produce soups, sauces, proteins, cut vegetables and fruits, and create displays for buffets.
• Meet time standards to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Communication skills, written and verbal, in the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Basic technology and computational skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
• Ability to read and follow recipes.
• Ability to navigate and use necessary software and applications.
• Ability to perceive and detect uncleanliness and soiled surfaces.
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, basic food safety practices and abide by them.
• Efficient knife skills and ability to prepare food using the necessary equipment.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours in limited space.
• Ability to position self to fulfill cleaning duties and use required equipment; requires manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and performing repetitive motions.
• Frequent transportation or lifting items weighing up to 75 pounds, and maneuvering carts and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds on a regular and continuing basis.
• Work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10 F) and kitchens (+110 F).

Qualifications And Requirements

• A high school or equivalent education is preferred.
• Minimum of six months of prior culinary experience is required.
• Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, associates may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel.
• In addition, attendance at all scheduled training sessions and meetings are required.
• Upon employment, all associates are required to fully comply with Crowne Plaza Lansing rules and regulations for the safe and effective operations of the Hotel’s facilities.
• Associates who violate Hotel rules and regulations will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including, separation.