Cook- Panda Express

Applegreen Travel Plazas; Lake Katrine (NY); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedules

Paid Time Off

401 (k) with Company Match

Earned Wage Access – Pay on Demand

Education Assistance

Meal Discount

Pet Insurance

Job summary

A prominent travel plaza chain in Lake Katrine is hiring Cooks for their Panda Express restaurant. In this role, you will prepare entrees and ensure food quality according to established recipes and standards. Responsibilities include training Back of House staff, managing food inventory, and applying your knowledge of Chinese cuisine. Candidates with 1-2 years of experience and a basic knowledge of cooking utensils are preferred. Join us to provide excellent food service and enhance traveler experiences.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of related experience preferred.
• Assists managers in training, scheduling, and guidance of Back of House staff.
• Controls food inventory and orders from vendors when necessary.
• Applies knowledge of Chinese cuisine and cooking utensils.
• Some high school.
• 1-2 years related experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare dishes according to Panda Express recipes and standards.
• Assist in training and scheduling Back of House staff.
• Control food inventory and order supplies as needed.

Skills

Knowledge of Chinese cuisine

Cooking utensils knowledge

Basic communication skills

Education

Some high school

Job description

Career Opportunities with Applegreen USA Welcome Centers Central Services

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At Applegreen, we Refresh Travelers on their Journey … ApplegreenUSA operates over 80 travel plazas across the Northeast and Midwest that provide convenience, comfort, retail, and an extensive range of delicious food options such as Auntie Anne’s, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Cinnabon, Dunkin Donuts, Panda Express, Panera, Popeyes, Pret, Shake Shack, Starbucks, and many more.

Our Core Values

Our Core Values are what we stand for. They guide and motivate our attitudes and behaviors to our customers, our suppliers, our business partners, and each other.

• Our customers and communities are at the heart of everything we do.
• We value and develop our people.
• We are driven by pace, passion, and performance.
• We seek opportunities and embrace change.
• Flexible Schedules
• Paid Time Off
• 401 (k) with Company Match
• Earned Wage Access – Pay on Demand
• Education Assistance
• Meal Discount
• Pet Insurance

COOKS

Cooks are responsible for cooking all Panda Express entrées and side dishes and for executing Panda Express recipes correctly to ensure food quality, ensuring food safety practice, and maintaining cleanliness at the Panda Express Restaurant. Panda also recommends that Cooks are cross trained to perform FOH operations. Cooks should be able to perform all BOH operations including prepping, cooking entrees and sides,

Cook

The Cook follows established procedures and applies general technical standards and principles. The Cook’s work is closely guided, and work performed may impact both Front of House and Back of House activities.

MAJOR JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Prepares all dishes according to established Panda Express Brand Standard recipes and procedures, ensuring that all dishes meet Brand Standards for flavor, color, and aroma.
• Assists managers in training, scheduling, and guidance of Back of House staff
• Controls food inventory and orders from vendors when necessary.
• TECHNICAL & BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
  • Applies knowledge of Chinese cuisine and cooking utensils.
• TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS
  • Some high school.
  • 1-2 years related experience.
• COMMUNICATION/ COLLABORATION/ TEAMWORK
  • Interacts daily with functional peer group, manager, and guests.
  • Interaction normally involves the exchange of basic factual information.
• PROBLEM SOLVING
  • Completes tasks that require an ability to recognize deviation from accepted practice. Applies job skills and company policies and procedures to perform a variety of operations

This is not an exhaustive list of all functions that may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Additionally, the job responsibilities may change at any time as necessitated by business demands. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V), and Drug Free Workplace (DFW).