Airport Cook: Fast-Paced Kitchen with HACCP Savvy

Avolta (old); Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Meal & transport benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee assistance program

Training and career growth

Job summary

HMSHost is hiring in Newark for a Cook D role. You’ll prepare cooked foods and perform all station duties including Fry, Flat Top Griddle, Pantry, and eggs. You’ll communicate ticket times to the manager and servers while delivering high-quality service to customers and staff.

The position is non-exempt, with duties following recipes, maintaining safety standards, and supporting production planning in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Requires food preparation skills and knowledge of HACCP standards.
• Requires a minimum of 1 year of closely related cooking experience, high-volume casual dining experience preferred.
• Requires knowledge of soups, sauté, broiler, fry and pantry.

Responsibilities

• Follows recipes and product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking and serving food items.
• Estimates food requirements and checks production to plan production and requisition supplies.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment.
• Practices HACCP and food safety standards.
• Operates kitchen equipment and measures ingredients.
• Stocks, dates, rotates and checks product temperatures.

Skills

Food prep

HACCP

1 year experience

Soups

Sauté

Broiler

Fry

Pantry

Job description

HMSHost is hiring in Newark for a Cook D role. You’ll prepare cooked foods and perform all station duties including Fry, Flat Top Griddle, Pantry, and eggs. You’ll communicate ticket times to the manager and servers while delivering high-quality service to customers and staff.

The position is non-exempt, with duties following recipes, maintaining safety standards, and supporting production planning in a fast-paced environment.