Prep Cook

LinkedIn - Jobboard; New York (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawn Club, opening in September 2023, is seeking a Prep Cook to join their team in New York. The role involves preparing food, maintaining kitchen standards, and ensuring a high-quality dining experience. Ideal candidates will have culinary training and experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a high-volume, fast paced kitchen.
• Culinary degree and/or certificate highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for service including portioning, chopping, and storing food.
• Maintain an accurate prep list and ensure food quality meets standards.
• Follow all food safety, health, and sanitation standards.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Knife Skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Culinary degree

Job description

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About The Concept

Lawn Club is an exciting new competitive socializing destination in the Seaport, opening September 2023.

About The Concept

Lawn Club is an exciting new competitive socializing destination in the Seaport, opening September 2023.

Positioning itself as “New York’s Leisure Headquarters,” Lawn Club will feature indoor and outdoor rentable gaming lawns in a massive 25,000 square foot venue, along with amazing cocktails and a small menu of tasty bites.

Designed to deliver the ideal atmosphere for hanging out with friends, each rentable lawn at Lawn Club will come with a full complement of popular lawn games including but not limited to bocce, cornhole, croquet, ladders, kan jam, beersbee, putting pool and shuffleboard, along with big-screen TVs for sports enjoyment, courtside drink service, and dedicated “Lawncierges” to help with all gaming needs.

Lawn Club will appeal to a variety of audiences: twenty-somethings looking for a fun night out, families looking for something to do together, anyone looking for a great event venue for their next birthday or bar mitzvah, corporate event planners, and more.

About The Role

The Prep Cook is responsible for preparing food according to the chef’s specifications and ensure stations are set up for menu.

The Impact You’ll Make | Essential Responsibilities

• Prepare food for service including portioning, chopping, and storing food before use
• Maintain an accurate prep list with thorough working knowledge of recipes, ingredients, allergens, and food presentation
• Maintain department cleanliness and organization, adhere to safe work and equipment practices, and follow all food safety, health and sanitation standards
• Set up, stock stations, and replenish kitchen inventory and supplies as needed
• Ensure that food quality, quantity, freshness, and presentation meet Malibu Farm standards
• Ensure all the products and prepared items are properly labeled, dated, initialed, covered, and rotated following FIFO (first in, first out)
• Operate ethically to protect the assets and image of the company
• Must be able to maintain a schedule availability flexible to the business demands
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required or requested
• Follow all company policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Consistently report to scheduled shifts on time and ready to work in proper uniform
• Operate ethically to protect the assets and image of the company
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as per business need
  
  

About YOU! | KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILL

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a high-volume, fast paced kitchen
• Culinary degree and/or certificate highly desirable
• Must have excellent knife skills with proficiency in all aspects of cooking
• Demonstrated experience with various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures
• Ability to follow and execute recipes to designated specifications
• Ability to think quickly and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to take direction and execute
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills conducive to a productive teamwork environment
• High standards for cleanliness of workspace and service areas
• Ability to work in an ever-changing environment
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Strong work ethic and customer-focused approach
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Must be passionate, entrepreneurial, and dedicated to success
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform the essential job functions consistently, safely, and successfully with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Ability to lift and carry items weighing 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Ability to stand for prolong periods of time.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the property. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms, and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
• Climbing steps regularly.
  
  

The base pay range for this position is $16.00-$19.00 per hour. The determination of what a specific employee in this job classification is paid within the range depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, prior employment history/job-related knowledge, qualifications and skills, etc.

Creative Culinary Management is an equal opportunity employer.

More detail about Lawn Club part of Seaport Entertainment Group, please visit https://culinaryagents.com/entities/552534-Lawn-Club

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Production

• Industries

  Restaurants

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