Line Cook: Craft Exceptional Dishes in a Fast-Paced Kitchen

Coury Hospitality; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Coury Hospitality seeks an experienced line cook to join our busy kitchen and craft breakfast, lunch, and dinner with focus on quality and presentation.

You will prepare ingredients, set up and break down stations, and cook a variety of items using diverse techniques while upholding safety and sanitation standards. Collaboration and reliability are essential in our fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, temperature controls, and proper food handling procedures.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow standardized recipes and production sheets.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquet, and special event menu items according to standardized recipes, quality standards, and presentation guidelines.
• Setting up, stocking, organizing, and breaking down your assigned kitchen station to support efficient service.
• Preparing ingredients by chopping, portioning, weighing, measuring, mixing, peeling, and storing products to support daily production.
• Cooking a variety of menu items using grilling, roasting, broiling, sautéing, frying, baking, steaming, boiling, braising, and other culinary techniques.
• Monitoring food quality, presentation, consistency, and temperatures throughout preparation and service.
• Maintaining proper food rotation, labeling, storage, cooling, and sanitation procedures while following all food safety standards.
• Operating commercial kitchen equipment safely, including ovens, grills, fryers, mixers, slicers, steamers, kettles, blenders, and other culinary equipment.
• Keeping workstations, storage areas, equipment, and kitchen floors clean, organized, and sanitized throughout every shift.
• Communicating effectively with Sous Chefs, Culinary leadership, and fellow team members to ensure smooth kitchen operations.
• Supporting teammates during busy service periods while maintaining speed, accuracy, and quality.
• Taking pride in reducing waste, controlling food costs, and maintaining operational efficiency without compromising guest satisfaction.

Education

Food Handler Certification

ServSafe Certification

Job description

Coury Hospitality seeks an experienced line cook to join our busy kitchen and craft breakfast, lunch, and dinner with focus on quality and presentation.

You will prepare ingredients, set up and break down stations, and cook a variety of items using diverse techniques while upholding safety and sanitation standards. Collaboration and reliability are essential in our fast-paced environment.