Energetic Line Cook for Fast-Paced Sports Pub

Kansas City Live!; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

McFadden's Sports Saloon in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a Cook to join our busy kitchen. You will prepare and cook orders for daily operations, control waste, restock, and maintain a clean, safe work area in line with health standards.

Ideal candidates have at least one year of cooking on a fast-paced line; culinary certification or training is preferred. The role may require evenings, weekends, and holidays to support busy service periods.

Qualifications

• Experience on a fast-paced kitchen line and food preparation required.
• Culinary certification or training preferred.
• Strong communication with team and supervisors during service.
• Reading and following recipes, portion control, and presentation.
• Math skills for measurements, portions, and inventory tracking.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook orders for daily operations in a timely manner.
• Control food usage to minimize waste and maintain cost controls.
• Advise supervisor of low inventory items; assist in receiving items and taking inventory.
• Restock items as needed through the shift and maintain stock levels.
• Maintain sanitation and cleanliness standards in the kitchen to meet health regulations.
• Keep a clean, neat, and organized work area, including reach-ins and counters.
• Report unsafe or malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.
• May assist with ware washing or other kitchen duties as needed.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication with other departments.

Skills

Fast-paced kitchen experience

Food preparation

Communication skills

Reading and writing abilities

Mathematical skills

Education

Culinary certification or training

Job description

McFadden's Sports Saloon Kansas City
1330 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64106, USA

Description

McFadden's Sports Saloon is an Irish sports bar offering classic pub food and tremendous sports viewing, in a comfortable tavern setting. Serving lunch, dinner and a dynamic nightlife.The restaurant and bar is equipped with state of the art technology including digital surround sound and high definition plasma TV's making it the perfect venue to watch sports and hang out with friends.

Cook Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Control food usage to minimize waste.
• Prepare and cook orders for daily operations in a timely manner.
• Advise supervisor of low inventory items; assists in receiving items and taking inventory as required.
• Restock items as needed through the shift.
• Maintain sanitation and cleanliness standards in the kitchen area that meet or exceed the state and local Health Board inspection and company requirements.
• Maintain a clean, neat and well-organized work area, including but not limited to reach-ins, walk-ins and counters.
• Reports all unsafe or malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.
• May assist by performing ware washer or other kitchen duties as needed.
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments. May occasionally interact directly with guests.
• Perform more than one task at a time

Cook Qualifications

• At least on year experience of cooking on a fast paced kitchen line and food preparation experience.
• Culinary certified training preferred.
• Must be able to demonstrate the basic knowledge of cooking, following recipes, portion control, and presentation.
• Communication skills are utilized a significant amount of time when interacting with the other cooks, wait staff and supervisors.
• Reading and writing abilities are utilized often when preparing meals from a recipe, when assisting in the scheduling of the kitchen staff, or when monitoring inventory.
• Mathematical skills, including basic math, percentages, quantities, and variances are used frequently.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

The Cook position requires the ability to perform the following:

• Carrying or lifting items weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Standing up and moving about the kitchen in a safe and efficient manner.
• Handling food, objects, products and utensils.

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