Line Cook

Brays Island Plantation; Sheldon (SC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Brays Island Plantation Restaurant is seeking a cook to prepare all menu items in accordance with established recipes and standards, maintain a clean, safe kitchen, and deliver attentive service to owners and guests. You will assist with station setup, monitor inventory and waste, adhere to health rules, and contribute to a collaborative One Brays culture while supporting a high-volume dining program.

Experience in breakfast, lunch, and dinner is preferred; flexibility for weekends and holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-3 years experience in restaurant kitchen.
• Practical knowledge of preparing and cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner items.
• Ability to produce food quantities for high volume banquets a plus.
• Creative skills in food presentation a plus.
• Working knowledge of all commercial restaurant kitchen equipment to include, but not be limited to grill, convection oven, meat slicers, and kitchen tools.
• High school graduate or equivalent of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepares all required food items, serving with established portion and presentation standards.
• Sets up service units with required items.
• Ensures that assigned work areas and equipment are maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
• Assist the manager in maintaining control and security of kitchen inventories and supplies.
• Sets up, maintains, and breaks down preparation stations.

Skills

Food preparation

Sanitation knowledge

Teamwork

Customer service

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Grill

Convection oven

Meat slicer

Kitchen tools

Job description

FUNCTION:

Serves as cook for Brays Island Plantation Restaurant. Responsibilities include the preparation of food in accordance with established recipes and industry standards at the restaurant. Ensures that all support and service is conducted and fulfilled in a manner consistent with the ONE BRAYS Leadership Credo.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Prepares all required food items, serving with established portion and presentation standards. Requisitions items needed.

2. Sets up service units with required items. Notifies supervisor of anticipated shortages.

3. Ensures that assigned work areas and equipment are maintained in a safe and sanitary condition at all times.

• Assist the manager in maintaining control and security of kitchen inventories and supplies.
• Sets up, maintains, and breaks down preparation stations.
• Adheres to state and local health and safety regulations. Maintains the highest sanitary condition at all times.
• Properly covers, dates, cross training, work all stations, label and initial and date, expedite and neatly stores all leftover products that are reusable.
• Review function sheets daily and check in with Sous Chef or Executive Chef to confirm what is needed.
• Wash all dishes in dishwashing machine or by hand.
• Provides exceptional customer service to owners, guests. internal and external partners.
• Foster a positive, service-oriented team culture while ensuring alignment with organizational values and a "One Brays" collaborative environment.
• Other assigned duties as specified by supervisor.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Capable of working A.M. or P.M./extended hours, to include weekends and holidays as necessary.
• Able to see well enough to read faint or partially obscured writing or printing, with corrective lenses if needed.
• Must be able to speak English in a clear and understandable voice so that various types of communications may be conducted with people of various levels of education and capabilities.
• Position involves kneeling, stooping, bending, pushing, shoving, lifting, carrying and moving objects that can weigh up to 60lbs. This can occur throughout the day.
• This position will alternate between working indoors in a controlled climate and with proper lighting, to an outdoors setting with variable climate and lighting.
• Must be able to interact with all types of individuals, be mentally alert, detail oriented, and with good reasoning skills.
• Must be able to adapt to the climate with marked changes in temperature from the heat in the kitchen area to the cold of refrigerated areas.
• Must be able to transport oneself throughout the plantation including but not limited to the golf course, restaurant, and other community areas. Must have valid state driver’s license.
• Must be mentally alert and detail oriented with good reasoning and supervisory skills.
• Must keep neat and clean appearance, nail cut, clean uniform, etc.

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Must be able to work on more than one assignment at a time with frequent interruptions, changes and delays. Must be able to remain focused and work effectively, efficiently, and cheerfully under such circumstances.

2. Must be able to work effectively and cheerfully in an environment, which may be stressful due to adversarial situations resulting from the proper performance of duties.

3. Must be able to work in a well-lighted, temperature-controlled area sufficient in size to allow freedom of movement to accomplish tasks. May also be exposed to the outdoor elements in an uncontrolled temperature with varied lighting.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 1-3 years experience in restaurant kitchen.
• Practical knowledge of preparing and cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner items.
• Ability to produce food quantities for high volume banquets a plus.
• Creative skills in food presentation a plus.
• Working knowledge of all commercial restaurant kitchen equipment to include, but not be limited to grill, convection oven, meat slicers, and kitchen tools.
• High school graduate or equivalent of education and experience.

• Minimum 1-3 years experience in restaurant kitchen.
• Practical knowledge of preparing and cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner items.
• Ability to produce food quantities for high volume banquets a plus.
• Creative skills in food presentation a plus.
• Working knowledge of all commercial restaurant kitchen equipment to include, but not be limited to grill, convection oven, meat slicers, and kitchen tools.
• High school graduate or equivalent of education and experience.