Cook

Mary Browns; Gander; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Mary Brown’s in Gander is seeking a Cook/Prep to ensure all dishes meet company standards. You will prepare and cook with attention to freshness, quality, and presentation while upholding food safety and sanitary practices.

The role involves handling prep lists, inventory, and daily kitchen operations, including setup and shutdown. A strong team ethic and reliability in a fast-paced environment are essential.

Qualifications

• Adhere to Mary Brown’s standards for food preparation and service.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation across all stations.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work in a fast-paced kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food according to Mary Brown’s standards.
• Review daily prep lists and manage production for peak demand.
• Follow all food safety procedures and maintain required logs.
• Ensure food is cooked and served at proper temperatures and conditions.
• Keep work areas and equipment clean and sanitary; perform cleaning duties.
• Assist in taking inventory and verify deliveries with FIFO storage.
• Support kitchen setup in the morning and shutdown in the evening.
• Demonstrate professionalism with customers in all front-of-house situations.

Skills

Food safety

Inventory control

Teamwork

Job description

The Cook/Prep, under the direction of the Restaurant Manager, will primarily be responsible for ensuring all preparation and cooking are performed according to Mary Brown’s Standards. They must consistently deliver freshness, superior quality, and appealing presentation of all food products at all times.

Essential functions

• Ensure all food are prepared and cooked according to Mary Brown’s guidelines. Maintains established food rotations in storage in order to minimize spoilage and waste.
• Review daily prep list and maintain level of food production to cater to peak demands. Ensures safe and sanitary practices are adhered to in accordance with company and facility policies.
• Follows all proper food safety procedures during preparation and cooking including maintaining all required labels and logs.
• Ensures that all food is cooked and served in the right condition, at the right temperature and at the right time.
• Maintains all related work areas and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition. Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping, mopping as well as cleaning of equipment throughout shift.
• Clean and sanitize all required tools and equipment as required – daily, weekly, monthly Reports damaged and/or inoperable equipment and fixtures to manager on duty.
• Assist in taking inventory.
• Check and verifies all deliveries. Record delivery temperature and put away the orders according to FIFO (first in first out) method.
• Perform morning kitchen set up and/or evening kitchen shut down duties. Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate professionalism, courtesy and respect for customers in all front of the house situations.

PHYSICALDEMANDS

The physicaldemandsdescribedherearerepresentativeofthosethatmustbemetbyanemployeetosuccessfullyperformtheessentialfunctionsofthisjob.

Whileperformingthedutiesofthisjob,theemployeeisregularlyrequiredtostand;usehandstofinger, handle, or feel;talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is required to walk, sit, and reachwithhandsandarms.Theemployeemustfrequentlyliftand/ormoveupto50pounds.Theemployeemayberequiredtopushacartweighing60to80pounds.Potentialforsuperficialcutsandburns.

Work Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Mary Brown’s reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at its discretion contingent on business need. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.