Cook

Dufry Careers; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 17,908 - 19,493; Full time

Job summary

HMSHost is seeking a Cook G to join the El Paso Airport F&B team. The role involves preparing cooked foods, performing all station functions (Fry, Flat Top Griddle, Pantry, and eggs), and communicating with the manager on duty and servers to ensure timely service.

Responsibilities include following recipes, ensuring food safety per HACCP standards, and maintaining clean, organized workstations in a high-volume casual dining environment. This is a non-exempt position.

Qualifications

• Requires food preparation skills and knowledge of HACCP standards.
• Minimum 1 year of cooking experience; high-volume and casual dining experience preferred.
• Knowledge of soups, sauté, broiler, fry, and pantry.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and policy documents, and communicate with customers.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to bend, twist, and stand for normal job functions.
• Hands frequently immersed in water and chemical solutions.
• Frequent use of sharp knives, utensils, and hot plates.
• Works frequently in hot environments.

Responsibilities

• Follows recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving food items.
• Tastes products, follows menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and requisitions supplies.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment.
• Practices food safety and HACCP standards.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment and prepares ingredients.
• Stocks, dates, rotates, and checks temperature of product.

Skills

Food preparation

HACCP standards

Customer communication

Heavy lifting

Multi-tasking

Job description

Cook G

Location: El Paso Airport F&B

Advertised Compensation: $13.00 to $14.15

Summary: The Cook is responsible for preparing cooked foods and must be able to perform all station functions of Fry, Flat Top Griddle, Pantry, and cooking eggs; communicating ticket times and potential problems to the manager on duty and servers as necessary; providing the highest quality of service to customers and associates at all times; performs all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management. This is a non-exempt position.

Essential Functions

• Follows recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving food items which may include soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other food and beverage products
• Tastes products, follows menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment as needed
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment
• Practices excellent food safety and sanitation practices and complies with HACCP standards
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment, measures and mixes ingredients, washes, peels, cuts and shreds fruits and vegetables
• Stocks, dates, rotates, and checks temperature of product

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment

• Requires food preparation skills and knowledge of HACCP standards
• Requires a minimum of 1 year of closely related cooking experience; work experience in high volume and casual dining restaurant environment preferred
• Requires food knowledge pertaining to Soups, Sauté, Broiler, Fry, and Pantry
• Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents, as well as converse comfortably with customers
• Requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
• Requires the ability to bend, twist, and stand to perform normal job functions
• Frequently immerses hands in water and water diluted with chemical solutions
• Frequently works with sharp knives, utensils, and hot plates
• Frequently works in hot environment

To learn more about HMSHost and additional career opportunities, visit https://www.hmshost.com/.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Drug Free Workplace (DFW)

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates (“the Company”), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws and regulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as “protected characteristics”).