Cook

Workstream; Palestine (TX); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church is seeking a diligent cook to prepare and cook food products per the Manager in Charge. You will follow the Church Operating Standards Manual and ensure food quality, safety, and timely service.

Responsibilities include setting up batter tables, cooking as directed, maintaining clean work areas, and coordinating with the kitchen team to meet daily demand.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing and cooking food to specifications.
• Ability to maintain clean and sanitary work areas.
• Capacity to stock and organize kitchen items for service.

Responsibilities

• Set up batter table and prepare batter mix.
• Prepare and cook food as directed by the Manager in Charge.
• Ensure food quality and adherence to holding times and standards.
• Report equipment malfunctions and keep work area clean and organized.

Skills

Food prep

Sanitation

Stock management

Team collaboration

Job description

To prepare and cook food products as specified by the Manager in Charge of the Shift while adhering to the specifications and procedures contained in the Cooking Section of the Church’s Operating Standards Manual (the “OSM”). Accomplishes tasks in a timely, clean and orderly manner.

Physical Demands

Lifting Requirements - Medium to Heavy (lifting up to 50 pounds frequently and 75 pounds occasionally).

• Continuously stand and/or walk on hard floors to prepare and cook food, get stock items, and transport items to/from the kitchen, stock room, food prep area and front lines for periods of up to eight (8) hours.
• Frequently lift and stack 35 to 50 pounds of food and supply items from various heights from and onto shelving, in freezers, coolers, stockroom, etc. Occasionally carry individual stock items weighing up to 75 pounds from the stock rooms, coolers, freezers to other areas of the restaurant.
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 50 pound trash bags out of trash cans and into the outside dumpster.
• Frequently push or pull batter table, filter machine, trash cans, brooms, mops, and mop buckets.
• Occasionally to frequently climb a foot stool or ladder to reach items located on stack shelves, in coolers, freezers, stockrooms, etc.
• Frequently stoop or squat to reach items on low shelves or on the floor.
• Continuously reach overhead, forward, and underneath shelving, counters, tables, refrigeration units, racks, drink dispensers, fryers, batter table and ovens.
• Continuously handle a variety of shapes and sizes and textures of items which include, but are not limited to: Dairy products, produce, condiments, meat/poultry, bulk stock items, and paper work.
• Continuously use fingers to bilaterally prepare food, unload boxes, etc.
• Continuously communicate with and listen to customers, management and other team members to ensure optimal performance.
• Continuously see to be aware of surroundings and locations of items needed, as well as to perform job duties.

Essential Job Functions

Primary Functions

• Sets up the batter table, collects all necessary smallwares, and prepares batter mix.
• Ensures that call sheets are complete, posted and used.
• Checks all equipment and immediately reports any malfunctions within the area to the Manager in Charge.
• Color balances fryers and adds sufficient shortening so that the proper shortening level can be maintained.
• Filters and cleans all fryers at the designated times while following all guidelines of safety (including use of provided safety equipment).
• Pans sufficient chicken for operational needs.
• Prepares and cooks all food product as dictated by the needs of the business and at the direction of the Manager in Charge.
• Ensures that all food product meets the specifications, procedures and quality standards at stated in the SOM, including strict observance of designated holding times.

Secondary Functions

• Maintains a clean work area by practicing “clean-as-you-go” practices while following all of the guidelines/procedures of sanitation and safety.
• Verifies all necessary product and supplies are stocked and available at the batter area.
• Maintains organization and cleanliness of the cooler.
• Perform all other tasks as assigned by Manager in Charge of Shift.