Kitchen Cook

Guillory Oil Co Inc; Church Point (LA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Guillory Oil Co Inc is seeking a cook to complete food preparation duties following sanitation and hygiene standards. The role involves operating kitchen equipment, cooking restaurant and deli items according to recipes, and presenting or packaging food items.

You may also guide less-experienced workers through the process. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness, handling ingredients, ensuring food quality, restocking stations, and assisting with other duties to support customer

Qualifications

• Maintains sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
• Receives and interprets verbal or handwritten instructions for food requirements.
• Able to operate kitchen equipment and prepare items per recipes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
• Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces and utensils.
• Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, fryers, ovens or stoves.
• Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
• Measure ingredients required for specific items being prepared.
• Verify that prepared food meets quality and quantity requirements.
• Restock workstations and display cases as needed.
• Receive instructions and prepare food accordingly.
• Willingness to perform other duties as assigned by Management.
• Remove spoiled foods and inform manager for waste logging.
• Follow cook times and use timers for frying or cooking items.
• Report any broken or unsafe equipment to the manager.
• Assist cashiers and perform other duties to ensure customer service.
• Breakfast items prepared by 6am; lunch by 10:30am; maintain peak-hour availability.
• Store and rotate all foods for quality freshness and to prevent spoilage.

Skills

Sanitation & hygiene

Food preparation

Following verbal/written instructions

Job description

A cook completes food preparation duties according to sanitation and hygiene standards in order to quickly and accurately fill customer requests. This involves operating all kitchen equipment, cooking restaurant and deli items according to recipe and presenting or packaging food items. Cooks may also direct less-experienced workers through the food preparation process.

1. Maintain sanitation , health, and safety standards in work areas.
2. Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces and utensils.
3. Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, fryers, ovens or stoves.
4. Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
5. Measure ingredients required for specific food items being prepared.
6. Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
7. Restock workstations and display cases when needed.
8. Must be able to receive verbal /handwritten instructions as to food required by patron and prepare and cookfood.
9. Willingness to perform other duties that may be assigned by Management.
10. Must remove any spoiled or out of date foods and inform manager of waste and log in the proper place for waste.
11. Follow all posted cook times and use timer when frying or cooking items.
12. Report any broken or unsafe equipment to the manager immediately.
13. Must assist cashiers and perform other job duties in the store to ensure great customer service.
14. Breakfast items must be out by 6am for morning customers and stay full during the peak hours of business
15. Lunch menu must be out by 10:30 am, should have enough to get through the peak hours of lunch.
16. Must store, and rotate all foods for quality freshness and to prevent spoilage.