Cook

Hilton Garden Inn Tampa Ybor Historic District; Tampa (FL); Presencial; USD 32.000 - 46.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Hilton Garden Inn Tampa Ybor Historic District in Tampa, FL is seeking a dedicated line cook to prepare breakfast, lunch or dinner to standard recipes and safety policies. You will set up, operate, and break down your station in a fast-paced hotel kitchen.

The role requires teamwork, adherence to portion control and quality guidelines, and flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed to ensure guest satisfaction.

Formación

• Able to read, write and perform basic math.
• Follows recipes and portion sizes accurately.
• Weights and measures ingredients precisely.
• Maintains food quality at varying staffing levels.
• Adapts to change and learns quickly.
• Strong knife and equipment skills.
• Works with minimal supervision and can lead peers.
• May work nights, weekends, and/or overtime.

Responsabilidades

• Sets up, clears and breaks down work station.
• Prepares menu items according to portion sizes and quality standards.
• Roasts, broils, bakes, fries, steams and stews meat, fish and poultry.
• Operates kitchen equipment safely and maintains cleanliness.
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, tools, and floors.
• Disassembles and assembles kitchen components for cleaning.
• Reports hazards or maintenance issues to the manager.

Conocimientos

Reading and math

Recipe following

Ingredient weighing

Food safety

Knife skills

Self-motivation

Overtime willingness

Herramientas

Kitchen equipment

Descripción del empleo

POSITION SUMMARY:

Prepares various foods as directed for breakfast, lunch or dinner at assigned kitchen station including set-up and breakdown of station in accordance with Company standards and safety and sanitation policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Sets up, clears and breaks down work station.
• Follows written and oral instructions regarding menus and standardized recipes. Prepares selected food as directed in accordance with portion sizes and quality standards.
• Prepares a wide variety of menu items such as roasting, broiling, baking, frying, steaming and stewing meat, fish and poultry.
• Utilizes a variety of kitchen equipment including small and large pieces. Follows safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury and damage to the equipment.
• Cleans working and storage areas, tools, equipment and floors as needed.
• Disassembles and assembles component parts and accessories for cleaning kitchen equipment.
• Identifies hazards and assesses risks associated with foods. Reports any hazards, risks, or maintenance problems to Manager as they occur.
• Supervises Kitchen staff to ensure guest satisfaction. Maintains and develops teamwork and open lines of communication with coworkers and supervisors. Treats Manager and coworkers with professional respect.
• Controls waste and maintain food cost.
• Maintains all sanitation requirements including product rotation, temperature maintenance, and storage procedures, cooling requirements, and handling techniques.
• Maintains all policies and procedures as trained for food preparation. Continually and properly train and re-train in all areas of food preparation, safety, and sanitation.
• Responds professionally to all questions and requests. Provides customers with the highest level of care and excellent service.
• Additional tasks and responsibilities may be assigned at the discretion of the Manager. Tasks and responsibilities may be added or revised based on the volume of business and the need for the work to be completed at the present time.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to read, write and make mathematical calculations.
• Ability to work from and maintain production records and follows recipes.
• Ability to weigh and measure ingredients.
• Ability to maintain food quality no matter what the business and staffing level.
• Ability to adapt to change, new situations, changes in staffing and procedures.
• Ability to absorb a large amount of information in a short period of time.
• Good, safe knife and equipment skills.
• Work well without supervision, motivates others, shows initiative and desires to get things done.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or overtime.

EXPERIENCE:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced Kitchen preferred.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Must be able to stand on hard surfaces up to eight (8) hours.
• Position also involves bending, stooping and walking.
• Must be able to lift and pull boxes, pans, trays up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Operates in a working environment that is subjected to varying levels of heat and noise, the severity of which depends upon customer volume. At times subjected to hazards such as wet floors and dangers associated with the use of heavy duty cutlery and cooking equipment.

REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

• Closed toe, non-canvas and non-skid soled shoes.

Source: Hospitality Online