Line Cook

Harri.com; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation

Health Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Harri is hiring Line Cooks to join our team at ēma, a Mediterranean restaurant in The Domain NORTHSIDE, Austin, Texas. We offer a dynamic environment with a focus on creativity and mental health wellness benefits.

As a Line Cook, you will be responsible for preparing and presenting menu items while ensuring food safety and quality. Join our team and enjoy competitive benefits like health insurance and paid vacation.

Qualifications

• Ability to work a variety of hours, days, and shifts, including weekends.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menu items according to prescribed recipes and special requests.
• Follow portioning controls and maintain food safety standards.
• Communicate any food delays or issues to Coordinator.

Skills

Communication skills

Food safety knowledge

Multitasking

Tools

Kitchen knives

Job description

We’re hiring people to join our team as LINE COOKS!

A Few of Our Line Cook Benefits:

• Employee Assistance Program - Focusing on a Commitment to Mental Health & Wellness
• Paid Vacation for Qualifying Employees
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
• Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• 401(k)

Now open at The Domain NORTHSIDE in Austin, Texas! Ēma, meaning “mother” in Hebrew, is a Mediterranean restaurant featuring Chef Partner CJ Jacobson's lighter-style of California cooking. With its sister restaurant, Aba, located on South Congress, Ema aims to transport diners to a sun-drenched summer day in the Mediterranean year-round with both indoor and outdoor dining spaces.

Caring. Creative. Careers. Join the Lettuce Entertain You team! Our 100+ restaurants are nationally recognized for great food and service and as great places to work. We hire and care deeply for people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best. And we reward our teams with top notch benefits, career-long training and development and opportunities for growth. If you want a career at a progressive company with a long-standing commitment to people, join our caring and creative team.

EOE. We participate in E-Verify / Participamos en E-Verify

LINE COOK JOB DESCRIPTION

Line Cooks are responsible for the preparation, production and presentation of all menu items.

Essential Functions

• Prepare menu items according to prescribed recipes and/or special requests
• Available to work a variety of hours, days and shifts, including weekends
• Safely and effectively use and operate all necessary tools and equipment, including knives
• Ability to effectively communicate in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction
• Multitask calmly and effectively under pressure
• Work in a confined, crowded space of variable noise and temperature levels
• Able to move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift and move safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven or slick surfaces

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Follow all prescribed portioning controls and par levels
• Maintain food safety and quality standards
• Ability to read a thermometer correctly and efficiently
• Communicate any food delays or issues to Coordinator
• Maintain menu item counts and communicate to Management and service staff when quantities fall below restaurant specific minimum quantity
• Accurately account for all items coming out of the station
• Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions
• Comply with all safety and sanitation guidelines and procedures