Cook

Sonic-Drive--in; Forrest City (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Employee discount

Paid training

Job summary

SONIC Drive-In is seeking a Restaurant Cook to oversee the Appetite Satisfaction Department across Food Production, Grill, Fryer and related tasks. You will prepare and cook orders, portion food, and ensure quality and consistency while maintaining a clean work area.

Responsibilities include dressing orders, packaging, and operating grills and fry stations. Flexibility for nights, weekends, and holidays is required, and teamwork and reliable attendance are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Availability for irregular hours, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Willingness to abide by appearance and hygiene standards.
• Basic math and reading skills; effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food orders to meet product quality standards.
• Food preparation and portioning.
• Cook on the grill and operate the fry station.
• Dress items to order and package all menu items.
• Check product quality and consistency; maintain sanitation in the food area.
• Clean up including trash disposal, mopping, sweeping, and washing dishes.

Skills

Flexible schedule

Team player

Communication skills

Basic math

Ability to follow directions

Tools

Grill equipment

Fryer station

Job description

Who says FUN and RESPONSIBILITY can't hang together? At SONIC Drive-In restaurants, you'll have all that, along with great pay, flexible hours, a cool uniform and the camaraderie of fantastic co-workers.

As a SONIC Drive-In restaurant Cook, you will oversee the Appetite Satisfaction Department, which involves operating the following stations: Food Production, Grill, Fryer and other tasks if applicable.

Cook tasks in the restaurant may include:

• Preparing and cooking food orders to meet product quality standards
• Food preparation and portioning
• Cooking on the grill
• Operating the fry station
• Dressing items to order
• Packaging all menu items and checking for product quality and consistency
• Cleaning including trash disposal, mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, wiping counter-tops and sanitizing food area

SONIC Drive-In Restaurant Cook Requirements:

• Ability to work irregular hours, nights, weekends and holidays
• Ability to be flexible in all situations based on business need
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills
• Ability to follow directions
• Willingness to abide by the appearance, uniform and hygiene standards at SONIC Drive-In restaurants
• General knowledge and understanding of the restaurant industry or retail operations preferred, but not required

SONIC Drive-In Restaurant Cook Qualifications:

• Friendly and smiling faces that enjoy providing quality products for our guests!
• A willingness to cross-train on all the stations - it never gets boring here!
• Motivated individuals who are team players and committed to keeping our drive-in clean and safe.

Sure, classic cars and vintage threads may be things of the past, but the SONIC Drive-In restaurant experience will always be groovy, right on, awesome, wicked, fab, the bees knees, cruising . . . you get the picture! It's downright sensational!!

SONIC and its independent franchise owners are Equal Opportunity Employers.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Employee discount
• Paid training