Line Cook

TKS Restaurants; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

TKS Restaurants in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a part-time Line Cook to support daily kitchen operations. You will be responsible for preparing meals, following recipes, and maintaining a clean, sanitary workspace.

The role requires at least two years in a high-volume kitchen, comfort with Microsoft Word and Excel, and a high school diploma or GED. You must be eligible to work in the United States and hold a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• General knowledge of ingredients and kitchen equipment.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to read and follow recipes and maintain quality.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate food preparation across kitchen, pantry, and storeroom; manage purchases.
• Follow recipes, control portions and presentation as set by the restaurant.
• Determine servings to control costs while maintaining sanitary standards.
• Supervise kitchen staff; ensure cleanliness of kitchen and equipment.
• Oversee line cooks; monitor taste, aroma, and appearance to meet standards.
• Inventory, storage, and distribution of food and supplies.
• Purchase food and kitchen supplies as needed.
• May adjust prices with supervisor approval.
• Plan and standardize recipes to increase servings with approval.
• Track and report food waste.
• Prepare and portion foods; utilize surpluses and leftovers.

Skills

Ingredients knowledge

Positive attitude

Teamwork

Oral communication

Customer service

Initiative

Relationship building

Driver's license

Work eligibility

Education

High school diploma or GED

Food services management diploma

Job description

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Line Cook

Part Time Santa Clara, CA, US

Salary Range: $19.00 To $20.00 Hourly

Job purpose

To participate in day to day kitchen
operations by controlling quality of food, labor, inventory of product and flow
of kitchen. Maintain a clean and
sanitary work area.

Essential Functions

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform,
with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function
satisfactorily. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential function so of the job.

• Oversee and coordinates
  activities of food preparation (kitchen, pantry, and storeroom) and purchases
  food and kitchen supplies.
• Follows recipes, controls,
  portion, and presentation specifications as set by the restaurant
• Specify number of servings
  to be made from any vegetable, meat, beverage, and dessert to control portion
  costs in a sanitary and timely manner.
• Oversee kitchen staff,
  ensure cleanliness of kitchen and equipment.
• Oversee line cooks, tastes,
  smells, and observes food to ensure recipes are appearance standards.
• Inventory, storage, and
  distribution of food and supplies.
• Purchases food and kitchen
  supplies as needed.
• May set prices to be
  charged for items with direct supervisor’s approval.
• May plan, change, and
  standardize recipes to increase number of servings prepared with direct
  supervisor’s approval.
• Track and report any food
  waste.
• Prepare and portion foods, and utilize food surpluses and
  leftovers.

Qualifications

Minimum two years’ experience in high
volume kitchen. Must be comfortable with
Microsoft word and excel. Must have a
high school diploma or GED equivalent, a professional diploma or food services
management.

Qualifications include:

• Knowledge
  of ingredients and kitchen equipment
• Positive
  attitude
• Able
  to work well with others
• Ability
  to actively attend to, convey and understand the comments and questions of
  others.
• Accuracy
  – ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly
• Communication,
  Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken work.
• Customer
  Oriented – Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company
  procedures.
• Initiative
  – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Relationship
  building – Ability to effectively build relationship with customers and
  co-workers.
• Must
  possess a valid driver’s license.
• Must
  be eligible to work in the United States.

Working conditions

Fast paced environment that can be
extremely hot and cold at various times. Present around sharp objects, hot surfaces and in areas where the floor
may be wet or slippery at times.

Physical requirements

• Required
  to work on your feet and stand for 8 hours a day.
• Pick
  up 50 lbs or less on a regular base.