Cook

Triple Creek Ranch; Darby (MT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental & Vision (Supplementary)

PTO & 401k Match

Employee discounts

Job summary

Triple Creek Ranch in Montana is seeking a kitchen cook to support the executive chef and team in delivering high-quality dining aligned with Relais & Château standards. You will contribute to plating, menu execution, and guest satisfaction in a fast-paced kitchen.

This role requires 1-2 years of kitchen experience, strong communication and teamwork, and the ability to stand long hours, lift up to 50 pounds, and work varied shifts.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience in a kitchen or cooking role.
• Read and follow recipes precisely.
• Clean, chop, slice, cook, and plate food.
• Must be able to ascend and descend stairs.
• Stand for long periods and stay on your feet.

Responsibilities

• Create a positive and energetic environment to support an exceptional guest dining experience while upholding standards.
• Coordinate daily with culinary team, dining room managers, and sommelier on requests and dietary needs.
• Assist in recipe development, menu planning, dish presentation, and event coordination.
• Read guest requests daily and accommodate dietary needs and changes to menus.
• Modify recipes/orders to meet customers' needs and requests.
• Deliver high levels of customer service and maintain kitchen sanitation and appearance standards.
• Enforce sanitary practices for food handling and storage; ensure compliance with laws and policies.
• Cook food in a timely manner.
• Assist in receiving and stocking supplies.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Read recipes

Food preparation

Stamina

Job description

Here at Triple Creek Ranch, we want to make guests feel like they are in a Montana getaway and want our employees to help us give that experience to them. We want qualified candidates who enjoy a fast-paced work environment and paying attention to the small things to make guests overall experiences more enjoyable.

Benefits:

• Medical Coverage (full-time employees)
• Supplementary Benefits: Dental, Vision, Accident, etc. (full-time year-round employees)
• PTO & 401k Match (full-time year-round employees)
• employee discounts on stays and merchandise.

Overview:

As a member of the kitchen staff, the cook supports the executive chef and fellow coworkers in the day to day operations of the kitchen. They need to work well with a team and strive for achieving the highest level of food quality, customer satisfaction, and productive engagement with peers.

Essential Functions:

• Create a positive and energetic environment that supports the delivery of an exceptional guest dining experience while upholding the highest level of TCR and Relais & Châteaux standards.
• Support daily communications with the culinary team, dining room service managers and sommelier on special requests, menus, guest dietary needs and changes to culinary norms.
• Support the executive chef in recipe development, menu planning, dish presentation, and special event coordination.
• Read communications daily for guests special requests and dietary needs
• Modify recipes/orders to meet customers needs and requests
• Attention to detail and appropriate plate presentation
• Deliver the highest level of customer service standards ensuring an optimum dining experience. Uphold a professional kitchen image, including kitchen sanitation and cleanliness, proper uniforms, and appearance standards. Respond to all guest requests and issues immediately.
• Enforce sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness, and maintenance of kitchen equipment, food storage and back dock area. Ensure compliance with operational standards, company policies, federal/state/local laws, and ordinances.
• Ability to cook food in a timely manner
• Perform any other job related duties as assigned.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• 1-2 years experience
• Read and follow recipes
• Clean, chop, slice, cook, and plate food
• Must be able to ascend and descend stairs
• Constantly remain on your feet for long periods of time
• Occasionally position self to bend and reach
• Occasionally move product weighing up to 50 pound across short distances
• Frequently work in a tight quartered, fast paced environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with many types of personalities
• Must be able to work a variety of day, night, weekend, holiday shifts

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assist in receiving and stocking supplies

Classification

• This is an exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Disclaimer

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Additionally, TCR reserves the right to revise this job description at any time. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and that, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.