Cook

Burger Village; South Huntington (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Burger Village is hiring a Cook/Line Cook to prepare and plate meals, follow recipes, and maintain a clean, safe work area. You will collaborate with front-of-house staff to ensure orders are accurate and presented well.

Ideal candidates uphold food safety standards, handle heat and high-paced shifts, and take pride in consistent, quality dishes for guests at our Huntington Station location.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety and proper temperatures.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with staff and customers.
• Calm demeanor in fast-paced environments.
• Accountability for prepared dishes.
• Ability to follow recipes and organize tasks.
• Knife skills and hand-eye coordination.
• Stamina to stand for long shifts and work heat.

Responsibilities

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards

Skills

Safety procedures

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

Accountability

Following recipes

Knife skills

Stamina

Job description

A Cook, or Line Cook, is responsible for preparing ingredients at an establishment that serves food, processing customer orders, producing meals and cleaning their workspace throughout the day to follow health and safety guidelines. Cooks follow recipes consistently, make adjustments based on customer requests, communicate with wait staff and prepare garnishes to make an attractive presentation for each meal.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as waitstaff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers
• Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
• Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike
• Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts

Requirements and Responsibilities:

Food Servers collaborate with Cooks, Chefs, Restaurant Managers, and other food service staff to provide excellent customer service and maintain a positive reputation for the organization. Food Server responsibilities include:

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards

350 Walt Whitman Rd, Huntington Station, NY 11746, USA