Cook Supervisor

Continental Events; Michigan; On-site; USD 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

At-work dining perks

Flexible schedules

Generous PTO

Job summary

Continental Events seeks a hands-on culinary team member to deliver consistent quality food and exceptional service at events. You will supervise concessions, manage portions, and ensure sanitation and safety across all station operations.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years cooking experience, strong knife skills, and excellent communication. Flexibility to work mornings, evenings and weekends is expected.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years cooking experience preferred.
• Must have good hygiene and hand washing skills.
• Ability to follow recipes and food labeling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Create quality food products and presentation for events.
• Supervise concessions during shows and inventory products.
• Ensure clean, organized work area and proper sanitation.
• Provide excellent customer service and accurate portions.
• Accepts additional projects and adapts to changing needs.

Skills

Knife skills

Food handling

Sanitation & safety

Time management

Customer service

Teamwork

Education

Culinary education preferred

Tools

Sauté & grill techniques

Job description

Responsible for creating a consistent quality product and culinary experience, while also providing exceptional customer service, presentation, and a clean and safe eating environment. This role will also require supervising concessions during shows, counting draws, making deposits, and inventorying product.

• Ensure quality food product
• Oversee that our product tastes, looks, and provides adequate portions
• Must have good basic knife skills, production skills
• Be able to be read and follow Company recipes
• Ensure your work area is clean, well-organized and has good sanitation
• Good time management to keep oneself on track
• Adherence to daily menu and prep lists
• Ability to work independently on their assigned station
• Create value through our services
• Anticipate customers’ needs ahead of time
• Build a rapport with repeat customers
• Provide a positive experience through engagement and presentation
• Be an effective communicator
• Suggestively sell add-ons to orders
• Enjoys working with others
• Excellent communication (with co-workers and customers)
• Willing to jump in where needed
• Eagerness to learn new skills
• Take direction well/ Flexible to change
• Leads by example
• Positive attitude, create positive work environment
• Enjoys being “hands-on” with customers
• Consistent work and output
• Additional projects and assignments as needed.

Demonstrates attributes of

• Working knowledge about food handling, food sanitation, and safety.
• Must have good hygiene and hand washing skills
• Able to communicate with others daily
• Must have good knife/production skills
• Attention to details
• Quick on your feet
• Time management skills
• Able to multi-task
• Able to follow instruction (written/verbal)
• Understand properly food labeling, serving temperatures, FIFO, and able to engage the customer
• Working knowledge about food handling, food sanitation, and safety
• 1 -3 years previous cooking experience preferred
• Must possess use of all kitchen equipment and report any deficiencies including knife handling skills and cooking techniques such as braising, sauté, sear and grill
• Must possess proper recipe conversion and measuring
• Serve Safe and Allergen Certification preferred
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including mornings, evenings and weekends
• In process or completion of culinary education preferred

We prioritize the health, wellness and work-life balance of our team members and designed our comprehensive compensation packages to reflect that.

• Full-time team members are eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, parental leave, 401(k) with company match, at-work dining perks, flexible schedules, generous PTO, and a total rewards program. Team Members can also use our inclusive employee assistance program.
• Part-time Team Members are eligible for our 401(k) with company match, at work dining perks and team members can also use our inclusive employee assistance program.

Location-specific perks may also include wellness programming, on-the-job training, corporate-hosted courses, certifications and team events.