Cook 1 | Texas Spice

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is seeking a Cook 1 for our Texas Spice restaurant. This role supports high-volume hotel dining with focus on safety, accuracy, and quality.

The position requires 2+ years of hotel/restaurant culinary experience, ServSafe certification, knife skills, and strong multi-tasking abilities in a fast-paced environment. Evening, weekend, and holiday availability is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 years.
• At least 2 years culinary experience in hotel or restaurant kitchen.
• ServSafe or equivalent food handler certification required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills.
• Knife skills required.
• Basic mathematical skills and understanding of weights and measures to follow recipes.
• Familiar with batch and quantity cooking.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment; flexible scheduling including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently prepare all food items as directed by supervisor and company specs.
• Maintain safe food handling procedures at all times.
• Understand large-scale food production and timing.
• Keep up with culinary fundamentals and techniques.
• Maintain kitchen sanitation per health guidelines.
• Learn all menu items produced by assigned station.
• Prepare plated presentations meeting specifications.
• Produce orders including grilling, roasting, and baking of fish, steak, poultry, and shellfish.
• Communicate with team members and maintain positive attitude under pressure.
• Complete other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Culinary experience

Knife skills

Time management

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

ServSafe certification

Job description

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa

Nestled in the scenic Texas Hill Country just minutes from downtown Austin, Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is a premier destination for luxury, leisure, and world-class hospitality.

Our associates are the heart of our success - a dedicated, passionate team who bring to life the warmth, elegance, and service excellence that define the Omni brand. Joining our team means becoming part of a culture built on respect, gratitude, and empowerment. Here, every associate has the opportunity to grow through comprehensive training, mentorship, and career advancement within one of the hospitality industry's most respected companies.

From championship golf and award-winning dining to a rejuvenating spa and stunning natural surroundings, Omni Barton Creek offers an inspiring environment to work, learn, and thrive. If you are driven, personable, and passionate about creating exceptional guest experiences, you'll find your perfect match at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa.

Omni Hotels & Resorts is seeking Cook 1 | Texas Spice for the beautiful new Barton Creek Resort & Spa!

Ranked among the best resorts in Texas: Top 5 Resorts in the Southwest Conde Nast Traveler and Top 5 Resorts in Texas Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2024

Responsibilities include:

• Efficiently prepare all food items as directed by supervisor and to the company specifications, with limited supervision from management.


• Maintain safe food handling procedures at all times


• Ability to understand large scale food production and times required to complete tasks.


• Good knowledge of culinary fundamentals and techniques.


• Maintain kitchen sanitation in accordance with health department guidelines


• A proper understanding of how to properly and safely us all culinary equipment.


• Required to learn all menu items produced by assigned station.


• The ability to do plate presentations that meet our specifications.


• Prepare a mixture of plated style items


• Production of orders to include Grilling, Roasting, and Baking fish, steaks, chicken and shellfish.


• Perform work assignments to meet proper quantities within a necessary time frame.


• Ability to communicate with other team members.


• Maintain a positive and professional attitude in stressful situations.


• Complete other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications include:

• Minimum age requirement of 18 years


• Required to have at least 2 years culinary experience in a hotel or restaurant kitchen.


• ServSafe or equivalent food handlers certification required.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as organizational skills.


• Knife skills required


• Must have basic mathematical skills and an understanding of weights and measures so as to be able to follow recipes.


• Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking


• Must have the ability to multi-task work in a fast paced high pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks and assignments.


• Flexible Scheduling to include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster is available using the following link:

EEOC is the Law Poster.

Omni Hotels & Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of any protected category with respect to the payment of wages.