Cook - Brasserie B - Steady Extra (Caesars Palace LV)

Caesars Entertainment; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company is seeking a Cook responsible for preparing menu items to meet the Executive Chef's standards. This role involves operating kitchen equipment, maintaining cleanliness, and adhering to food safety standards in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and at least one year of cooking experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year experience as a cook required.
• Effective communication in English, both verbal and written.
• Ability to read and follow recipes precisely.

Responsibilities

• Prepare various food items in accordance with kitchen needs.
• Operate kitchen equipment including grill, fryer, and oven.
• Maintain a sanitary and organized work area.

Skills

Communication

Food Preparation

Time Management

Sanitation

Job description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Cook is responsible for preparing recipes and food items in accordance with the Executive Chef’s requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Prepare, sautéed, broiled, fried, baked and grilled food items in accordance to kitchen needs.
• Perform various job duties that will include operation of grill, fryer, broiler, oven, French top, and blast chiller in accordance with kitchen needs.
• Perform preliminary preparation work in a timely manner.
• Ensures ingredient supply levels are accurate.
• Move items from shelves to carts and transport to assigned stations for restocking purposes.
• Maintains the required par of food items in their assigned station from support areas throughout the property.
• Maintains a sanitary and organized work area.
• Understand proper safety and health codes and regulations and maintain them regularly.
• Ensure all areas assigned are clean and free of debris.
• Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of all tools and equipment.
• Follows proper zoning procedures, returning/ storing product and equipment to designated areas.
• Demonstrates competent product knowledge by correct storing and handling of all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value and integrity.
• Prepares food products according to standard recipes and specifications and demonstrates positive responses to training by chefs.
• Effectively communicates with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel, chefs and managers.
• Verbally acknowledges chef’s instructions, responds in a professional manner.
• Assist with any other job related duties that may be assigned.
• Follows management directives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Work requires effective communication in English, both verbal and written form in a professional manner.
• Work requires a minimum of one year experience as a cook.
• Work requires ability to work from a standing position for extended periods of time.
• Work requires a neat appearance with good personal hygiene.
• Work requires the ability to read, understand and follow recipes precisely.
• Work requires competent knowledge and compliance of SNHD health code.

PHYSICAL,MENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS:

Loud, fast paced environment, multiple tasks to be handled under time constraint. Front-line cooks will have a great deal of direct public contact. Requires standing, walking, bending ,pushing, pulling, lifting and reaching throughout the shift. Must be able to handle a heavy business volume in a timely manner. Work requires pushing carts up to70lbs, lifting full pots up to 100lbs, repetitive stirring, extreme hot and cold work conditions, and bending at the waist.

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Caesars Entertainment reserves the right to make changes to the job description whenever necessary.

As a part of Caesars Entertainment’s employment process, finalist candidates will be required to complete a drug test and background check prior to an offer being extended. Caesars Entertainment Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.