Catering Kitchen Cook: Creative Prep & Quality Menus

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

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Job summary

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC in Dallas, TX is seeking a Cook to ensure the quality of food ingredients and preparation methods for catering orders. This on-site, team-driven role supports all orders and may require shopping for specialty items per ACW standards.

Responsibilities include training new staff, maintaining HACCP compliance, and producing high-quality dishes. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma, ServSafe certification within 45 days, knife skills, and culinary experience.

Qualifications

• High School diploma is required.
• Current ServSafe Food Handling Certificate required at hire or within 45 days of hire.
• Must have knife/cutting skills.
• Must have an understanding of cooking techniques.
• Culinary experience in restaurants, hotels, or catering companies or its equivalent required, with experience in new culinary trends preferred.
• Demonstrate the ability to take orders and follow through as well as direct and work well with others in a team-driven, fast-paced environment is essential.
• Must be energetic, enthusiastic, creative, and highly motivated to assist in food preparation and presentation.

Responsibilities

• The Cook will participate in the process of training and directing new and existing Air Culinaire team members, take time to ensure all food, packaging, labeling, and allergens on all trays and are made with accuracy, food safety and HACCP compliance.
• The Cook is expected to provide feedback and suggestions to the Kitchen Management Staff to continue to monitor, maintain and improve quality as a secondary responsibility in this role.
• The Cook will assist in the butchering of meats and fish and assist with the daily operations of the kitchen.
• Ensures that all food preparations and presentations meet ACW specifications and quality standards.
• Maintains a safe, orderly, and sanitized kitchen by setting quat-sanitizer stations, assists in monitoring and journaling temp-logs and using gloves, food safety tools and best practices when cooking in the kitchen.
• Use preventative maintenance with all kitchen equipment while directing the other team members to do the same.
• The Cook will assist in ordering, inventory and any other duties as assigned by the General Manager.

Skills

Knife skills

Cooking techniques

Team player

Energetic

Education

High School diploma

ServSafe Certificate

Job description

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC in Dallas, TX is seeking a Cook to ensure the quality of food ingredients and preparation methods for catering orders. This on-site, team-driven role supports all orders and may require shopping for specialty items per ACW standards.

Responsibilities include training new staff, maintaining HACCP compliance, and producing high-quality dishes. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma, ServSafe certification within 45 days, knife skills, and culinary experience.