Cook 1

Red Hawk Resort + Casino; Placerville (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hawk Resort + Casino is seeking a cook to prepare, season, finish, and garnish all food, following recipes and health regulations. You will maintain refrigeration, rotate stock, and keep a clean, sanitized work station at all times.

The role requires basic knife skills, ability to work with kitchen equipment, assist with guest requests, and proper receiving and storage of food; a high school diploma or GED is preferred and applicants must be at least 18.

Qualifications

• Basic culinary knife skills are required.
• Follows recipes, specs, and control procedures.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work station and proper food handling.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, seasons, finishes, and garnishes all food.
• Maintains all refrigeration and dry storage areas for proper handling and rotation.
• Ensures work station is clean and sanitized; rotates, wraps and labels food products.
• Follows recipes, specs, and control procedures.
• Maintains health-regulation-compliant sanitary area at all times.
• Breaks down, cleans and assembles kitchen equipment.
• Assists with guest requests and with stock of dishes.
• Assists with storage and proper rotation of food products.
• Uses dry and liquid measures and scales; stirs and strains soups and sauces.
• Performs proper receiving, thawing, and storage; ensures sanitation of prep areas and holding temperatures.
• Completes food safety documentation; reports safety issues to management.

Skills

Knife skills

Food safety

Inventory

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares, seasons, finishes, and garnishes all food.
• Has basic command of culinary knife skills.
• Maintains all refrigeration and dry storage areas to ensure proper handling and rotation of products.
• Ensures that their culinary work station is clean and sanitized. Properly rotates, wraps and labels food products.
• Follows all recipes, specs, and control procedures.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary area at all times in full accordance with health regulations.
• Breaks down, cleans and assembles various types of food service machinery associated with food production.
• Assists with guest requests when needed.
• Helps stock dishes when needed.
• Assists with storage and proper rotation of food products.
• Uses dry and liquid measure and scales.
• Stirs and strains soups and sauces.
• Maintains a culinary work station when required.
• Performs proper receiving, thawing, and storage in correct location, proportioning prep area sanitation, heating and holding, and re-thermalization (including sauces, soups, salad bar items, lunch, dinner, and produce).
• Accurately completes all food safety documentation as assigned.
• Immediately reports safety issues or concerns to management.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.