Cook 2 - Tony Gwynn's (PT)

Jamul Casino; Jamul (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Jamul Casino is seeking a kitchen team member to support food preparation and service. You will follow recipes, maintain quality and plating standards, and assist in broiler, sauté, prep, and production as needed.

The role requires basic cooking knowledge, one year of related experience, and the ability to obtain a Food Handlers Card and gaming license. Must be 18+ and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of applicable food preparation methods and measures for assigned function.
• Ability to earn and maintain a current Food Handlers Card.
• Must be able to acquire and maintain appropriate gaming license.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly, fast, and helpful customer service to all guests and team members.
• Follow recipes to prepare and/or cook food to meet departmental standards or as directed.
• Measure and convert recipes without affecting quality.
• Perform assigned functions within the kitchen such as broiler, sauté, prep, and production when needed.
• Accepts direction during day‑to‑day operations to ensure culinary standards and operational guidelines including kitchen areas, food preparation activities and facilities are met.
• Efficient preparation of all food related items based on established recipes and plating procedures for both batch and individual plated with attention to maintaining appropriate volume, quality, cleanliness, and attractiveness.
• Knowledge/understanding of kitchen equipment to include safe operations and regulation of temperatures for proficient cooking times and temperatures.
• Understands fundamentals of soups, sauces, starches, thickeners, and emulsifiers.
• Partners with culinary leadership to work as a team to ensure coordinated workflow during shift to meet business demands and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Take inventories.
• Exhibit intermediate knife skills, classic cuts and sharpening.
• Attend all departmental and company training programs or meetings as directed.
• Properly maintain, clean, and sanitize equipment and work areas to meet departmental standards or as directed.
• Perform all job duties in a safe and responsible manner.
• Meet department uniform, appearance, and grooming requirements.
• Perform other job related and compatible duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety

Recipes & plating

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Kitchen equipment knowledge

Job description

The following and other duties may be assigned as necessary:

• Provide friendly, fast, and helpful customer service to all guests and team members.
• Follow recipes to prepare and/or cook food to meet departmental standards or as directed.
• Measure and convert recipes without affecting quality.
• Perform assigned functions within the kitchen such as broiler, sauté, prep, and production when needed.
• Accepts direction during day‑to‑day operations to ensure culinary standards and operational guidelines including kitchen areas, food preparation activities and facilities are met.
• Efficient preparation of all food related items based on established recipes and plating procedures for both batch and individual plated with attention to maintaining appropriate volume, quality, cleanliness, and attractiveness.
• Knowledge/understanding of kitchen equipment to include safe operations and regulation of temperatures for proficient cooking times and temperatures.
• Understands fundamentals of soups, sauces, starches, thickeners, and emulsifiers.
• Must adhere to regulatory, department and company policies.
• Partners with culinary leadership to work as a team to ensure coordinated workflow during shift to meet business demands and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Must be familiar with and have exposure to prep list.
• Take inventories.
• Exhibit intermediate knife skills, classic cuts and sharpening.
• Assist in operation of other food and beverage venues as needed.
• Attend all departmental and company training programs or meetings as directed.
• Properly maintain, clean, and sanitize equipment and work areas to meet departmental standards or as directed.
• Perform all job duties in a safe and responsible manner.
• Meet department uniform, appearance, and grooming requirements. This includes purchasing and wearing slip‑resistant safety shoes when performing all job duties.
• Perform other job related and compatible duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements

• A minimum of one year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of applicable food preparation methods and measures for assigned function.
• Ability to earn and maintain a current Food Handlers Card.
• Must be able to acquire and maintain appropriate gaming license.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in English may also be required.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Must be able to efficiently and accurately count money and gaming chips and make a change. Possess the ability to operate an adding machine and have basic computer skills.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Team members must be able to qualify for licenses and permits required by federal, state, and local regulations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by a team member to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The team member frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision. The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here represent what a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Team member will be exposed to an environment containing unrestricted secondhand tobacco smoke.

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