Cook- Panda Express

Applegreen (US) Welcome Centers; Lake Katrine (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedules

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k) with Company Match

Earned Wage Access

Education Assistance

Meal Discount

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Applegreen (US) Welcome Centers in Lake Katrine, NY is seeking a Cook to prepare meals for Panda Express. Responsibilities include cooking entrees and sides, ensuring food safety, and maintaining cleanliness. Ideal candidates will have some high school education and 1-2 years of related experience. A deep knowledge of Chinese cuisine is favorable. We offer flexible schedules and comprehensive benefits including medical insurance and 401(k) with company match.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years related experience required.
• Ability to recognize deviation from accepted practices.

Responsibilities

• Cook all Panda Express entrées and side dishes.
• Execute Panda Express recipes to ensure food quality.
• Maintain cleanliness at the Panda Express Restaurant.
• Perform FOH operations as needed.

Skills

Knowledge of Chinese cuisine

Cooking skills

Food safety practices

Teamwork

Education

Some high school

Job description

What We Do

At Applegreen, we Refresh Travelers on their Journey. Applegreen USA 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 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.

Benefits

• Flexible Schedules
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Earned Wage Access – Pay on Demand
• Education Assistance
• Meal Discount
• Pet Insurance

Cook Responsibilities

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, cutting, sauce marination, etc.

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 and 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).