Campus Kitchen Chef: Healthy Meals & Catering

Zoot Enterprises; Bozeman (MT); On-site; USD 35,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoot Enterprises is seeking a Cook to provide high-quality, healthy on-campus lunch service for employees, visitors, and clients. You will work with Sous Chefs to prepare entrees, soups, and salads, manage kitchen prep, and help with inventory in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include maintaining health code standards, assisting with catering for events, and supporting dishwashing and cleanup. This on-site role requires initiative and teamwork in a commercial kitchen setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• 3-5 years of experience in a restaurant or commercial kitchen preparing meal service for large groups (50+ per day)
• Demonstrated knowledge of food safety and preparation guidelines
• Strong knife skills
• Ability to take direction from supervisors and managers
• Independent thinking to recognize daily needs
• Initiative

Responsibilities

• Taking guidance from Sous Chefs for daily instruction, from cooking to operating all applicable kitchen equipment while positively and professionally interacting with customers.
• Prepare hot entrees, soups, and salads using ingredients on hand, without the benefit of a specific recipe.
• Create meals from leftover/extra ingredients.
• Maintain standards for both state health code regulations and child care facility regulations in regards to food handling, safety, food preparation, and cleaning.
• Equipment Maintenance: Regularly checking and maintaining the dishwasher machine and other cleaning equipment. Reporting any malfunctions or issues to the kitchen manager.
• Inventory Management: Monitoring cleaning supplies and chemicals, notifying the supervisor when inventory is low, and ensuring proper storage and labeling of chemicals.
• Exhibit an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, commercial environment.

Skills

Knife skills

Follow directions

Independent thinking

Initiative

Large-group service

Education

High School Diploma

3-5 years restaurant/kitchen experience

Tools

Kitchen equipment knowledge

Job description

Zoot Enterprises is seeking a Cook to provide high-quality, healthy on-campus lunch service for employees, visitors, and clients. You will work with Sous Chefs to prepare entrees, soups, and salads, manage kitchen prep, and help with inventory in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include maintaining health code standards, assisting with catering for events, and supporting dishwashing and cleanup. This on-site role requires initiative and teamwork in a commercial kitchen setting.