Line Cook: Craft Unmatched Culinary Moments

Coury Hospitality; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Coury Hospitality in Milwaukee is seeking a professional line cook to join our high-volume kitchen. You will prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquets, and special event items following standardized recipes and quality guidelines.

Set up and maintain assigned stations, prep ingredients, and cook using a variety of techniques while upholding food safety, presentation, and portion control. Join a team that values teamwork, consistency, and guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Previous commercial cooking or line cook experience preferred.
• Knowledge of food preparation techniques, knife skills, and commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow standardized recipes and production sheets.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, temperature controls, and proper food handling procedures.

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.

Skills

Line cook experience

Food preparation techniques

Knife skills

Time management

Job description

Coury Hospitality in Milwaukee is seeking a professional line cook to join our high-volume kitchen. You will prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquets, and special event items following standardized recipes and quality guidelines.

Set up and maintain assigned stations, prep ingredients, and cook using a variety of techniques while upholding food safety, presentation, and portion control. Join a team that values teamwork, consistency, and guest satisfaction.