Catering Kitchen Cook: Fast-Paced Prep & Quality

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC; Sharon Hill (Delaware County); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC is seeking a Cook for an on-site role in Sharon Hill, PA. You will prepare hot foods, salads, sandwiches, canapés, and desserts according to recipes and customer requests, work closely with kitchen staff, and ensure high culinary quality in every order.

The position requires ServSafe certification, knife skills, and knowledge of cooking techniques. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays is needed, with a team-driven, fast-paced environment and opportunities to

Qualifications

• A 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.
• ACW is utilizing Shipday for all its logistical information. All employees who are organizing or delivering catering are required to use Shipday for all order logistics and deliveries to include delivery photo at point of delivery and the name of the recipient at point of delivery.

Skills

Culinary experience

ServSafe certificate

Knife skills

Cooking techniques

Order taking

Team player

Energetic & creative

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Air Culinaire Worldwide, LLC is seeking a Cook for an on-site role in Sharon Hill, PA. You will prepare hot foods, salads, sandwiches, canapés, and desserts according to recipes and customer requests, work closely with kitchen staff, and ensure high culinary quality in every order.

The position requires ServSafe certification, knife skills, and knowledge of cooking techniques. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays is needed, with a team-driven, fast-paced environment and opportunities to