Line Cook: Precision, Quality & Fast-Paced Kitchen

Sage Restaurant Group; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Morrison House in Alexandria, VA is seeking a full-time culinary professional to maintain high-quality line-cook operations and ensure proper sanitation standards. The role covers front-line service through quality control, training of line cooks, and adherence to recipe cards.

Responsibilities include prep, portioning, maintaining temperature, inventory checks, and ensuring efficient line setup during meal functions, with attention to waste and cost control in line with SOP.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cooking and the practices and procedures of a kitchen in order to perform non-repetitive analytical work.

Responsibilities

• Check all items against recipe cards and ensure use records are followed and food is presented well.
• Monitor line setup for maximum efficiency during meal periods.
• Maintain equipment and enforce kitchen sanitation and 'clean as you go' policy.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and portion standards.
• Start prepped items, avoid over-preparation.
• Date and rotate perishables; keep at proper temperatures.
• Check pars for shift use and plan necessary prep and line setup.
• Note out-of-stock items or shortages.
• Assist in keeping buffet stocked.
• Return unused items to storage with proper covering and dating.
• Assist in corrective actions to control food cost and waste per SOP.

Skills

Cooking knowledge

Education

High school education or equivalent

Job description

Morrison House in Alexandria, VA is seeking a full-time culinary professional to maintain high-quality line-cook operations and ensure proper sanitation standards. The role covers front-line service through quality control, training of line cooks, and adherence to recipe cards.

Responsibilities include prep, portioning, maintaining temperature, inventory checks, and ensuring efficient line setup during meal functions, with attention to waste and cost control in line with SOP.