Prep Cook Banyan Tree

PENN Entertainment; Bossier City (LA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join PENN Entertainment as a culinary team member at Margaritaville Casino Resort, where you will ensure an exceptional guest experience through food preparation and service excellence. Contribute to a vibrant work environment in a fast-paced entertainment setting, while having your career supported by a leading company that values diversity and community.

Benefits

Day-one medical coverage

401(k) matching

Annual performance bonus

Earned paid time off

Qualifications

• Six months of culinary experience or culinary degree preferred.
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
• Sanitation Certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements guest satisfaction standards.
• Prepares food per recipes and guidelines.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization in the kitchen.

Skills

Culinary skills

Food safety

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Culinary degree

Job description

WE’RE CHANGING ENTERTAINMENT. COME JOIN US.

We’re always looking for talent that believes in having fun. At PENN Entertainment, you’ll get to be a part of an exciting industry, where the days and nights are fast paced. You’ll work with an incredibly diverse set of coworkers driven by their enthusiasm for helping people find and have more fun. You’ll also get to work at a company that cares about your career growth and will help you get the support you need to expand your possibilities.

Initial placement within the salary range is based on an individual's relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is just one component of our competitive Total Rewards package, which includes wellness programs designed to support our team members' financial, physical, and mental well-being.Specific benefits—such as day-one medical coverage, 401(k) matching, and annual performance bonus—mayvaryby position.Paid time off is earned according to the local policy and increases with the length of employment.

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WE LOVE OUR WORK.

- Develops and implements all Margaritaville Casino Resort Bossier City Guest Satisfaction Standards to all guests and all fellow employees. - Attends departmental orientation prior to beginning work in the department. - Creates a positive guest employee experience. Smiles and is helpful and friendly. - Answers questions, takes responsibility to get answers, and anticipates our guests’ needs and problems. - Execution of all food production as determined by the Sous Chef through production sheets. - Practices a “clean as you go” work ethic and utilizes proper food handling techniques (i.e., wearing plastic gloves and proper uniform, including hat and clean kitchen towels). - Prepares the proper amounts of food as requested by the Sous Chef. - Conducts self in a highly professional manner at all times. - Communicates with Stewards on all equipment cleaning needs. - Handles any special request made by the Sous Chef. - Utilizes any piece of kitchen equipment in work area in a safe and professional manner, maintaining the integrity of the equipment. - Maintains Margaritaville Casino’s food quality specifications as determined by the standard recipe. - Maintains a waste-free department by controlling production and utilizing returned food. - Responsible for the cleanliness of immediate work area and the process walk-in cooler. - Completes attendance of Serv-Safe class if offered. - Cuts, dices, and chops various food products. - Uses recipes and plating guidelines to ensure a consistent finished product. - Be aware of rotation and sanitation guidelines. - Organizes and cleans coolers, storerooms, and freezers as necessary. - Ability to help fellow employees accomplish their goals when possible. - Ability to follow all recipes and plating pictures without deviation unless requested by the guest. - Portion controls various items using scales and other dry and wet measuring techniques.

BRING US YOUR BEST.

EDUCATiON and/or EXPERiENCE: - High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); six months of culinary experience and/or culinary degree. LANGUAGE SKiLLS: - Employees must be able to speak, read, and write in English. - Employee will read order tickets, schedules, and memos. - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondence. - Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to guests and other employees of the organization. MATHEMATiCAL SKiLLS: - Ability to calculate figures, amounts, and percentages and apply to practical situations. REASONiNG ABiLiTY: - Ability to interpret a variety of instruction furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. - Ability to deal with problems with a variety of concrete variables. CERTiFiCATES, LiCENSES, REGiSTRATiONS: - Sanitation Certificate preferred but not required.

STAY IN THE GAME. FOLLOW US.

We’ve grown to become the leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences thanks to our 43 destinations across North America, online sports betting and iCasino via ESPN BET and theScore Bet Sportsbook and Casino.

Being an industry leader means more than being a purveyor of fun. We are also committed to values like diversity and sustainability — for our community, our team members, our vendors, and our planet.

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Equal Opportunity Employer