Lead Line Cook - Fine Dining Kitchen Leader

Coury Hospitality; Grapevine (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Elmore Hotel in Dallas’ Southlake district seeks a Cook I to lead a station, supervise line cooks, and maintain high culinary standards across breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You will work closely with the Sous Chef to ensure accurate mise en place, precise cooking, and strong teamwork.

Ideal candidates have 3 years of restaurant experience with a preference for fine dining or luxury hotel backgrounds, plus solid knife skills and HACCP knowledge.

Qualifications

• 3 years of previous restaurant experience; fine dining or luxury hotel background preferred.
• Previous experience in a lead or supervisor role preferred.
• Ability to run a Kitchen station and direct prep/line cooks.
• Follow recipes and calculate amounts within recipes.
• Operate standard kitchen equipment (grinders, slicers, mixers, ovens, grills, steamers).
• Maintain food safety and HACCP procedures.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned station during service with precise, consistent presentation.
• Supports Sous Chef in daily kitchen operations and prep planning.
• Directs line cooks and prep staff during mise en place and service.
• Preps, labels, stores ingredients per kitchen standards and safety rules.
• Oversees station setup and post-service breakdown and cleaning.

Skills

Station leadership

Recipe following

Knife skills

Equipment operation

Food safety

Teamwork

Tools

Grinder

Chopper

Mixer

Oven

Grill

Steamer

Tilting Skillet

Job description

The Elmore Hotel in Dallas’ Southlake district seeks a Cook I to lead a station, supervise line cooks, and maintain high culinary standards across breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You will work closely with the Sous Chef to ensure accurate mise en place, precise cooking, and strong teamwork.

Ideal candidates have 3 years of restaurant experience with a preference for fine dining or luxury hotel backgrounds, plus solid knife skills and HACCP knowledge.