Cook

Shrimp Basket; Gardendale (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrimp Basket in Gardendale, AL is seeking a qualified Cook to prepare high-quality seafood and other menu items. You will follow recipes, maintain sanitation, and support timely service in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include setting up the kitchen, portioning food, stocking supplies, and ensuring safety standards are met while providing an excellent guest experience.

Qualifications

• Collaboration skills required to work with team members.
• Customer focus to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Flexibility to work varied hours and duties.
• Ability to manage stress in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational abilities.
• Excellent communication with team and guests.
• Knowledge of workplace safety procedures is essential.
• Good command of English, both spoken and written.
• Attentiveness to details and accuracy in tasks.
• Punctuality and reliability for scheduled shifts.
• Must report on time with a positive attitude.
• Ability to work varied hours/days as needed.
• Basic ServSafe Food Handler knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality food items using grilling, steaming, and frying.
• Follow recipe and presentation guidelines to meet guest expectations.
• Coordinate food orders to support timely deliveries to tables.
• Ensure proper food safety and sanitation standards.
• Meet special customer requests while maintaining quality.
• Set up kitchen before opening and prep food.
• Portion food and stock supplies to complete orders.
• Shuck oysters and peel shrimp as needed.
• Set up soup station and maintain cleanliness.
• Take out trash and keep kitchen and restrooms clean.

Skills

Collaboration Skills

Customer Focus

Flexibility

Stress Management

Multi-tasking

Organizational Skills

Math Literacy

Communication Skills

Workplace Safety

English Proficiency

Attentiveness

Punctuality

Vigilance

ServSafe Training

Job description

Summary/Objective

The cook is responsible for preparing and/or directing the preparation of food to be served, complying with all applicable sanitation, health, and personal hygiene standards, and following established food production programs and procedures. The cook is responsible for the appropriate use of facility supplies and equipment to minimize loss, waste, and fraud.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Cooks will be expected to perform a variety of duties, including but not limited to those listed below:

Cooking

• Preparing high-quality food items for our customers utilizing methods such as grilling, steaming, and frying.
• Following company recipe and presentation guidelines to meet or exceed guests expectations
• Coordinating food orders to support timely and efficient delivery to each table
• Ensuring proper food safety and sanitation standards to ensure guest safety
• Meeting special customer requests while ensuring the same high-quality standards

Production

• Set up the kitchen before opening
• Follow recipe guidelines to meet or exceed customers' expectations
• Prep food
• Portion food
• Stock the alley and line with items needed to complete orders on time
• Ensure proper food safety and sanitation standards
• Shuck oysters
• Peel shrimp
• Set up soup station

Utility

• Clean dishes, silverware, glassware, utensils, pots, and pans, etc.
• Stock and restock supplies
• Break down and clean the kitchen, mats, and equipment at closing
• Sweep, spray and mop floors
• Maintain sparkling clean restrooms, kitchen, and parking lot (pick up debris and sweep when necessary)
• Make orders
• Check-in deliveries
• Label and date food for freshness rotation
• Put away deliveries
• Filter and dispose of grease
• Take out trash

Other

• Report to work on time in a neat and clean uniform. Well-groomed hair and personal hygiene are essential.
• Maintain adherence to all Company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as directed by management.
• Report to required meetings.

Requirements

Competencies and Skills

1. Collaboration Skills.

2. Customer/Client Focus.

3. Flexibility

4. Stress Management/Composure

5. Multi-task oriented.

6. Organizational Skills

7. Basic mathematical, reading, and writing skills.

8. Excellent communication skills (including asking for clarification on tasks, policies, and procedures).

9. Knowledge of workplace safety procedures

10. Must have a good command of the English language, both oral and written.

11. Must be attentive.

12. Must report to work when scheduled and on time with a positive attitude.

13. Ability to work varied hours/days as business dictates.

14. Must complete ServSafe Food Handler training.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push

and pull items weighing 50 pounds or less. The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, steamer, mixer, and chef’s knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, and fire. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. The employee may be exposed to hazards including, but are not limited to, cuts, slipping, tripping, falls, and burns. Frequent hand washing is required.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position