Banquet Cook

emergemarket.com; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Restaurant dining discounts

EAP access

Job summary

emergemarket.com is seeking a committed Banquet Cook to join their energetic team in Pittsburgh. The ideal candidate will prepare and maintain food items, ensure compliance with health codes, and contribute to a positive guest experience.

Successful applicants will have previous prep experience and the required food certifications. Join us for a rewarding opportunity in a vibrant hospitality environment with comprehensive benefits and team support.

Qualifications

• Previous prep experience preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced work environment.
• Must have all required food/alcohol certifications as designated by location.

Responsibilities

• Prepare assigned sauces and food items following recipes.
• Comply with all health code requirements.
• Cook various dishes including soups, meats, and desserts.

Skills

Previous prep experience

Ability to work collaboratively

Good judgment skills

Education

Food / alcohol certifications

Job description

Our Banquet Cooks are a key part of our team, and critical to providing genuine hospitality. They are energetic, excited to grow in the hospitality industry and care about their team. Our Banquet Cooks help prepare and maintain assigned par levels of food items. The optimum Banquet Cook is skilled in culinary arts and is knowledgeable in kitchen equipment. The Banquet Cook upholds the origination of all recipes and provides the guests with the best possible culinary experience.

Who is Bottleneck Management?

Bottleneck Management operates vibrant, high-energy, approachable restaurants in the most dynamic neighborhoods and locations. From the start, we’ve been about genuine people and genuine hospitality. We’ve grown into a crowd-pleasing hospitality juggernaut while continuing to hold our core values close to our hearts.

Core Values

• Understand the wants and needs of others
• Support others through words and actions
• Empower each team member to excel
• Enjoy each other, our guests, and our time at work

We believe it’s our people that make us strong, so we’re committed to finding driven, hospitable, upbeat, and intelligent teammates. Whether it’s in our home office or our restaurants, we put hospitality first, like excellent hosts at a party.

We offer a fun and supportive working environment, comprehensive benefits, EAP access, and restaurant dining discounts.

Responsibilities and Duties

Essential Functions:

• Follow recipes and procedures to prepare assigned sauces and food items
• Comply with all health code requirements
• Use knives correctly to include use of a cut glove to chip, cut, dice, etc.
• Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants
• May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu
• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices
• Operate equipment safely determined by position and OSHA regulations
• Contribute to a positive guest experience by doing everything to exceed their expectations
• Store, receive, stock and rotate food throughout the workday per company standards as needed
• Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters
• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock
• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking
• Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons
• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils
• Wash, peel, cut, de-seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption
• Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions
• Work closely and communicate with HOH and FOH team members, in a high-paced environment while doing a variety of time restraint tasks
• Assist other cooks during high volume when needed

Qualifications and Skills

• Previous prep experience preferred
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced work environment
• Good judgment skills and adaptive attitude
• Must have all required food / alcohol certifications as designated by location

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Reports to: Executive Chef

Department: HOH Operations

Hours of work: Ability to work a variable schedule, including weekends.

Work Environment/Physical Demand

• 75% Work at approximately 36” table/stove and reach in approximately 36”
• 75% Reach (6” to overhead) bend, stoop, and wipe
• 60% Perform job at continuous high pace, under pressure, also maintain quality and speed
• 50% Lift and carry sacks, boxes, and product up to 50 pounds from floor to above waist level, approximately 20 feet and sometimes involving stairs
• Must be able to walk and stand for full shift
• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds
• Must have good hearing for accurate communication with guests.
• Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle and feel objects, tools controls and type
• Must be able to work in areas of loud noise

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Bottleneck Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

An equal opportunity employer.

We adhere to E-Verify procedures where applicable in accordance with federal regulations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.