Cook

MAZZIOS LLC GROUP; Henryetta (OK); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

MAZZIOS LLC GROUP in Henryetta, OK, is seeking a Cook responsible for planning, preparing, and cooking food items to provide an exceptional dining experience. The role emphasizes food safety, proper handling, and sanitation.

Ideal candidates will learn food safety requirements, work as part of a team, and follow detailed recipes. This position does not require prior experience and involves work in a dynamic kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Physical strength to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Job requires standing, walking, and handling tasks for 8-12 hours.
• No previous experience required.

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, and cooks various food items.
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of the food preparation areas.
• Monitors thermostat controls to regulate temperature.

Skills

Ability to learn food safety procedures

Ability to work as part of a team

Interpersonal skills

Consistently follows ingredient measurements

Ability to follow directions and all safety requirements

Tools

Can opener

Pizza wheels

Dishwasher

Fryers

Job description

Job Details

Location: 078 Henryetta - Henryetta, OK 74437

Position Type: Cook

Position Summary

The Cook plans, prepares, and cooks various food items to ensure the highest quality and experience for guests in the restaurant, carryout, and delivery. They ensure proper food handling, sanitation, and food storage procedures.

Primary Responsibilities

• Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe, using a variety of kitchen utensils and equipment to prepare salads, sauces, dough, cheeses, pizza crust, vegetables, sandwiches, and casseroles.
• Follows measurement charts to ensure consistent and quality products.
• Bakes, fries, and microwaves main dishes and cooks or heats other food items.
• Observes and tests cooking by viewing, smelling, piercing with a fork, and testing temperature with a thermometer to determine items are properly cooked. Provides guidance to other kitchen crew and management during the preparation of food.
• Washes, peels, cuts, dices, and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of the food preparation containers and areas including washing/sanitizing all containers and utensils, preparation counters and tables, cleaning walls and shelves, clearing crumbs, wiping ovens and microwave, draining oil from, disassembling, cleaning and reassembling the fryer, and sweeping and mopping floors.
• Monitors thermostat controls to regulate temperature of oven, steam kettles, steam tables and hot‑holding equipment, and pasta cooker. Reports malfunctions or required repairs to management.
• Records product usage and waste on charts.
• Operates dishwasher.
• Delivers clean plates, utensils, glasses, etc., to service areas either at the counter or dining room.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to learn food safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept.
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex orders.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with various other crew members and management.
• Consistently follows ingredient measurements for quality products.
• Ability to follow directions and all safety requirements.
• This position does not require previous experience.

Licenses/Certificates

The position may require a Food Handler’s permit and/or Foodservice Sanitation Certification and/or other individual compliance permits, certificates, or licenses depending on the laws of the city or county in which the restaurant is located.

Physical Demands

Physical Strength and Stamina Demands: The Cook exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly. The job requires standing, walking, treating multiple loads, and handling tasks for 8‑12 hour shifts and split shifts. The Cook must have regular attendance, a sense of taste, and be punctual.

Physical and Sensory Demands: Reaching, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, handling, fingering, feeling, lifting, carrying, standing, walking, pushing, and pulling are required occasionally. Extreme heat, humidity, frequent hand washing, and operating moving kitchen equipment are part of the environment.

Working Conditions

A Cook is primarily subject to indoor environmental conditions, protected from the weather but not always temperature controlled. The position involves occasional exposure to extreme heat, wet and humid conditions, frequent hand washing, and operating moving conveyor belts, rollers, rotating mixer hooks, and slicing blades.

• Can opener
• Pizza wheels
• Colanders
• Dicer
• Dishes
• Dishwasher
• Dockers
• Dough roller
• Forks
• Hot plates
• Kettles
• Knives
• Measuring cups
• Mixing bowls
• Mixer
• Ovens
• Paddles
• Pans
• Pizza pliers
• Pots
• Processor
• Scales
• Spatulas
• Spoons
• Recipes
• Rolling pin
• Slicers
• Storage bins
• Storage tank
• Fryers
• Pasta cookers
• Microwaves
• Warmers

Disclaimers

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These statements are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the personnel so classified.

Mazzio’s, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate in any employment actions based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veterans’ status, or any other bases protected by Federal/State laws.

This and all job descriptions for Mazzio’s, LLC are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at‑will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.