Cook 3 - Chownings

The Crescent Hotels Group; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a renowned institution as a culinary professional, where you will prepare delightful meals and contribute to an exceptional dining experience. This role offers the chance to work in a vibrant environment, preparing a variety of dishes while interacting with guests and staff. With a focus on quality and service, you will be part of a team that values respect, professionalism, and collaboration. If you are passionate about culinary arts and enjoy working in a historic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of restaurant cooking experience including broiler work.
• Formal culinary training can substitute for 2 years of work experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare soups, sauces, and entrees for meals.
• Assist in restaurant and banquet operations.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Cooking Techniques

Food Preparation

Customer Service

Education

Associate Culinary Degree

Certificate in Culinary Arts

Job description

Description

Upon being hired for this position, you will enter a Probationary status, working up to 40 hours per week. Upon completion of the probationary period, you could become benefit eligible.

Essential Duties:

• Prepares soups, sauces, and starches.
• Prepares breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal periods.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Prepares seafood, poultry entrees; cooks meats; broils steaks and seafood to quality standards.
• Assembles entrees.
• Works in restaurant and/or banquet operations.
• Assists in outside catering.

Qualifications:

• Associate Culinary Degree or Certificate in Culinary Arts from technical school.
• At least 4 years of restaurant cooking experience including some broiler work.
  • Formal culinary training will substitute for 2 years work experience on an equal time basis.

Requirements:

• Willing to work nights, holidays, weekends ranging from 5 am to 11 pm.
• Ability to:

1. Interact with co-workers in a professional manner.
2. Read food orders and production charts.
3. Meet standards listed below.

• Physical requirements include, but are not limited to:

1. Transport weights up to 50 pounds.
2. Stand for long periods of time.
3. Extensive use of stairs.

Expectations:

• Maintain an upbeat attitude and a positive, enthusiastic mindset.
• Greet guests, employees, managers, and supervisors with a warm smile and friendly demeanor.
• Always treat everyone with respect and work cooperatively with all colleagues and management.
• Report to work as scheduled and on time.
• Adhere to established uniform and appearance policies.
• Perform assigned tasks accurately and on time.

About Colonial Williamsburg:

From our Historic Area to Hotels, Colonial Williamsburg’s mission “that the future may learn from the past” is part of everything we do. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational institution welcoming guests to the world’s largest living history museum which brings the past to life through the museum theater, 18th-century trades, historic sites, and more.

The Foundation also includes two world-class art museums, featuring the nation’s premier folk art collection, plus the best in British and American fine and decorative arts from 1670–1840.

The Colonial Williamsburg Company boasts a rich history as well, having hosted and entertained guests from around the world with an impressive collection of amenities including our hotels, guest homes, food and beverage outlets, championship golf courses, and spa & fitness center.

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world.

Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse people who helped shape a new nation.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research.

The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.

Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world-class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites, and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Source: Crescent Hotels & Resorts