Snax and Stix - Cook II

About the role

The Cook II position at Valley View Casino & Hotel requires three years of experience in a high-volume restaurant setting. Proficiency in braising, sautéing, broiling, and poaching is essential, along with the ability to operate various kitchen equipment and manage inventory.

Responsibilities

• Maintain positive guest relations at all times, resolving guest complaints and ensuring guest satisfaction.
• Greet guests in a courteous and caring manner using personalized service.
• Train lower-level cooks in proper equipment usage.
• Organize and delegate work assignments and tasks to meet deadlines.
• Communicate regularly with Cook III, Assistant Room Chefs, and Room Chefs.
• Prepare all food items according to standard recipes and menu to ensure consistency of product.
• Exhibit knowledge, understanding, and application of various cooking techniques.
• Ability to work with small, delicate, and sensitive equipment (knives) requiring fine finger dexterity.
• Exhibit preparation and knowledge of base sauces, stocks, and soups.
• Participate with staff to cook, prepare, dish-up, and assemble food.
• Operate kitchen equipment including slicer, steamer, deep fryer, ovens, broiler, grill, mixer, kettle, and flat top.
• Maintain a solid knowledge of all food products.
• Prepare order lists for recipe preparations.
• Perform all assigned side work to include replenishing/restocking work station with supplies.
• Adhere to control procedure for food costs and quality.
• Rotate all products on the first-in, first-out philosophy. Properly label and date all products to ensure safekeeping and sanitation.
• Check station before, during, and after shift for proper set-up and cleanliness.
• Abside by all health codes and hand washing guidelines and encourage team members to do the same.
• Strive for picture perfect plate presentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Responsible for conducting all responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record.

Requirements

• Three years of experience as a Cook in a high-volume restaurant environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in braising, sautéing, broiling, and poaching.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using a slicer, mixer, robo coupe, tongs, chef’s knife, bread knife, paring knife, steel, high heat spatula, turner, and whisk.
• Ability to demonstrate basic knife skills.
• Ability to identify pan types and knife types.
• Knowledge of sanitary practices.
• Possession of the basic tools to perform the job duties of a Cook.
• Working knowledge of weights, measures, and various cooking techniques.
• Reading and math skills for recipes and measurement.
• Knowledge of MSDS program.
• Ability to stand on a hard surface for long periods of time.
• Ability to tolerate areas with extreme hot and cold temperatures.
• Must possess effective communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Must apply for, receive, and maintain a Gaming License from the Tribal Gaming Agency.
• Must successfully pass a drug screening test.
• Ability to successfully pass applicable auditions or skill testing.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Formal culinary training.

Physical Requirements

• Clear vision (close, distant, peripheral, and depth perception) is needed for navigating office and casino environments, reading and reviewing reports and policies, operating data processing equipment and other essential job functions.
• The Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The Team Member is regularly required to sit and use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel.
• The Team Member is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• The Team Member must be able to stand for the majority of their shift.
• The Team Member must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Working Conditions

• The Casino is open 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week; therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all shifts.
• While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is exposed to second hand tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• The Team Member is usually subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The Team Member is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. When on the casino floor, the noise level increases to loud.