Cook

The Bay Club Company; Issaquah (WA); On-site; USD 27,772 - 29,838; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Club Membership

Competitive Compensation

Health Insurance

Discounts on club services and amenities

Job summary

The Bay Club Company is seeking a Cook to prepare food for the Café under the Chef's direction. Responsibilities include food handling, following recipes, operating food production equipment, and ensuring sanitation and safety compliance. Candidates should have at least two years of experience in a high-volume food operation and possess a State Food Handler Certification. The role offers competitive pay between $20.16 - $21.66 per hour, alongside additional benefits like health insurance and club membership.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years experience in a high volume food and beverage operation using similar cooking techniques.
• Knowledge of all basic skills for butchering, sauces, soups, cooking of meat, fish and vegetables.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for the Café using recipes and safety guidelines.
• Follow standard recipes while preparing food items.
• Promote safety goals and maintain a clean working environment.

Skills

Cooking

Problem Anticipation

Oral Comprehension

Advanced Knife Skills

Education

State Food Handler Certification

Job description

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Chef, the Cook is responsible for the preparation of food for the Café using cooking elements, techniques and recipes along with the HAACP and food safety sanitation requirements.

Primary Job Functions

• Food Handling, Preparation and Presentation
  • Carefully follow standard recipes while preparing assigned food items for service
  • Collect food and beverage products and small wares required for food preparation
  • Assist in plating food items for service
  • Handles leftover food items, as necessary and/or directed
• Sanitation and Safety
  • Operate food production equipment according to manufacturers’ instructions
  • Consistently use safe and sanitary food handling practices, including HAACP guidelines
  • Cleans banquet preparation and serving equipment, workstation areas and kitchen, as needed
  • Return soiled food preparation utensils and small wares to the proper areas
  • Ensure proper safety and sanitation to ensure food and safety compliance
  • Daily walk throughs of kitchen to ensure a clean, organized, safe and well-maintained facility
  • Promote the company’s safety goals and actively work towards ensuring a safe working environment
• Communication & Relationships
  • Effectively and professionally interact and communicate with management, other Associates, and vendors
  • Promote harmonious relations among staff, vendors, and the community at-large
  • Communicate timely and follow up, as appropriate
  • Active participation in required events, required programs, required meetings and required trainings
  • Represent the club in a professional manner through image, dress, communication, and immediate follow through and response
• Corporate Goals & Objectives
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
  • Ensure the TBCC mission and club brand is upheld in all aspects of kitchen operations
  • Actively further corporate objectives and continuously support improvement and positive change, which may include participating on corporate designated committees to improve the company and business operations
  • Make professional development a consistent priority
• Other Job Functions
  • Flexibility in work schedule, as job may require day and evening shifts, weekends and holidays

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• The environment is indoors. It is necessary to adapt to frequent changes such as extreme heat or cold, steam, hot water, deep fryers, walk‑in freezer.
• Sitting and standing as needed.
• Repetitive use of hands and arms to finger, handle, feel, and reach.
• Walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, and smell frequently.
• Lifting and/or moving up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision, and the ability to adjust visual focus.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Cooking – Knowledge of all basic skills for butchering, sauces, soups, cooking of meat, fish and vegetables; advanced knife skills required.
• Policies – Knowledge of company policies.
• Problem Anticipation / Deductive Reasoning – Ability to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong and apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems and considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Oral Comprehension and Expression – Ability to understand and communicate so others can understand ideas and information.

Experience

• Minimum two years experience in a high volume food and beverage operation using similar cooking techniques.

Education

• State Food Handler Certification.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Bay Club Company (“TBCC”) provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race (and all traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed (including, but not limited to, religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, and breastfeeding, and other related medical conditions), sexual orientation and identity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, actual or perceived national origin/ancestry, accent or ability to speak English, age, disability, marital/familial status, source of income, veteran status, citizenship status, political activities or affiliations, medical condition, genetic information, persons with AIDS or AIDS-related condition, or persons who are victims of domestic violence.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$20.16 - $21.66 per hour

Other Compensation And Benefits

• Club Membership
• Competitive Compensation
• Discounts on club services and amenities
• Continuing Education
• Community Involvement
• Paid Time off*
• Health Insurance*
• Offered to Full‑Time associates. Full‑Time status eligibility starting at 25 average hours of work per week.