Line Cook (Full-Time)| Dr. Wilkinson's Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs | Calistoga, CA

PM New; Calistoga (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Double pay on holidays

Sick Pay

Discounted hotel stays

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Onboarding and training

Job summary

Dr. Wilkinson’s Backyard Resort and Mineral Springs in Calistoga, CA is hiring a full-time Line Cook to prep food for restaurant, employee meals, banquets, room service, and special functions. Pay ranges from $21.00 to $23.00 per hour and the role reports to the Kitchen Manager.

The property offers comprehensive benefits, onboarding, training, and development opportunities, plus a strong culture focused on guests and quality.

Qualifications

• Some food preparation experience or training preferred.
• Must be familiar with proper use and maintenance of relevant kitchen equipment and machinery.
• Must have thorough knowledge of proper use and storage of all relevant kitchen tools and equipment.
• Must be organized, efficient and meet high quality standards for service.
• Good team player.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food items to specification for service and special guest requests.
• Prepare hot foods, sides, and specialty items for employee meals and events.
• Handle product prep including trimming, marinating, labeling and storing.
• Assist with banquet food preparation.
• Ensure proper portions for restaurant and banquet service.
• Verify quality and quantity of meats, fish and poultry delivered.
• Take daily inventory of meat cooler and fish storage; assist with stock orders.
• Rotate food to minimize waste and spoilage.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation.
• Maintain icebox cleanliness.
• Monitor waste and equipment issues.
• Set up hot or cold line stations and follow safety policies.
• Follow company safety standards and report hazards.
• Maintain safe work areas.
• Conduct safety training for new Kitchen employees.
• Follow all company policies.

Skills

Food prep experience

Equipment knowledge

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Job description

Posting Details

• Posted on October 25, 2026

Locations

Showing 1 location Calistoga, CA 94515, USA

• On-site
• Food & Beverage
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: LINEC020043

Description

Pay Range: $21.00 - $23.00 Hourly

We're seeking an experienced line cook to prepare food for restaurant, employee meals, banquets, room service, and special functions, meeting hotel standards of production quality and quantity. Line Cooks will prepare meals in accordance with portion and quality standards specified in recipes and control food usage to minimize waste. This is a full-time, onsite position that reports to the Kitchen Manager.

Dr. Wilkinson's

Dr. Wilkinson’s Backyard Resort and Mineral Springs is an iconic resort and spa destination located in the heart of the charming town of Calistoga, offering time-honored mud bath and spa treatments, healing mineral pool soaks, and the best of Calistoga right outside its doors. The transformed resort honors its iconic past while looking toward the future with a new mid-century inspired design, 50 completely refreshed guestrooms, a brand-new restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, a completely re-imagined spa, and the same proven mud bath treatments first shared with the world over 65 years ago. Best-in-class yet playful and approachable, the spa will make the art of mud bathing accessible for all.

What's In it for You

• Double pay when working on company recognized holiday + Sick Pay
• Discounted hotel stays within Modus/PM Portfolio.
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities -- when you grow, we grow!
• Paid Parental Leave
• Comprehensive onboarding and training plan to set you up for success.
• Coaching, feedback, and mentorship to develop yourself.
• Personalized development plan to fit your individual role and career goals.
• Leadership courses to improve your personal and interpersonal effectiveness
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back to our local communities.

What You Will Be Doing

• To follow all specifications to properly and efficiently prepare and present all food items to be served, including accommodating special guest requests.
• To follow all specifications to properly and efficiently prepare hot foods, side dishes, and specialty items for employee meals, using left-over food from special functions as much as possible.
• To follow all specifications to properly handle all product used in hotel cooking, including trimming and cutting; marinating; and covering, labeling, and storing functions.
• To assist, as directed, to prepare food for banquet functions.
• To ensure proper portions of meat, fish, poultry, as specified, are served to each restaurant and banquet function.
• To personally ensure the quality and quantity, as ordered, of all meats, fish, and poultry delivered to the hotel.
• To take daily inventory of all items in the meat cooler and fish storage reach-in, and assist, as directed, to order stock.
• To rotate food in refrigerator to minimize waste and spoilage.
• Work to high standards of cleanliness and sanitation.
• To maintain internal cleanliness of iceboxes.
• Monitor and report food waste and equipment issues.
• Assist, as directed, to order food supplies.
• To follow all specifications to properly set up hot or cold line stations.
• To follow all company policies and procedures.
• To immediately report all suspicious occurrences and hazardous conditions.
• To maintain the cleanliness and safety of work areas at all times.
• To conduct departmental safety training for all new Kitchen employees, before they begin to work
• Follow all company safety standards, including proper equipment handling to avoid injury to yourself and others.

What We’re Looking For

• Some food preparation experience or training preferred.
• Must be familiar with proper use and maintenance of relevant kitchen equipment and machinery.
• Must have thorough knowledge of proper use and storage of all relevant kitchen tools and equipment.
• Must be organized, efficient and meet high quality standards for service.
• Good team player.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with co-workers and the public.
• Possess a courteous, friendly and professional manner.
• Able to work productively with little supervision.
• Must be able to multitask in a high pressure environment.
• Open availability required. Must be prepared to work various shifts (for example: 7-3pm, 3-11pm, weekdays, weekends, holidays).

Non-Negotiables (Our Core Values)

• SERVE OTHERS.
• LIVE 360.
• BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM.
• COMMUNICATE.
• BE WILDLY PASSIONATE.
• TAKE OWNERSHIP.
• LEARN + INNOVATE.
• EMBRACE CHANGE

As part of an organizational culture that embraces change and progress, this job description does not seek to limit the tasks and responsibilities of the position. Rather, it acts as a springboard for future career and personal development within the property team and entire Modus Hotels’ community.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We actively respect the right of any qualified individual who performs to Modus standards to work. Discrimination based on gender, age, race, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic not related.

Modus by PM Hotel Group will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

This description is subject to change, at the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an “at will” associate.

This position is non-exempt and will require standing and moving at least 75% of the time.

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