Job Overview
Prepare food items in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe sanitary work environment.
Responsibilities
- Complete opening and closing checklists.
- Refer to Daily Prep List at the start of each shift for assigned duties.
- Prepares a variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables and other food items for cooking in broilers, ovens, grills, fryers and a variety of other kitchen equipment.
- Understands and complies consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies and procedures.
- Portions food products prior to cooking according to standard portion sizes and recipe specifications.
- Maintains a clean and sanitary work station area including tables, shelves, walls grills, broilers, fryers, pasta cookers, sauté burners, convection oven, flat top range and refrigeration equipment.
- Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations. Assists others in closing the kitchen.
- Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
- Promptly reports equipment and food quality problems to chef on duty
- Inform chef on duty immediately of product shortages.
- Uses our Standard Recipe Card for preparing all products. Do not rely on the memory of yourself or other employees.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the chef or manager-on-duty.
- Return all food items not used on next shift to designed storage areas, being sure to cover/date all perishables.
- Date all food containers and rotate as per the BOH General Operating Procedures and Inventory SOPs, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures.
- Answer, report and follow executive or sous chef’s instructions
- Clean up station and take care of leftover food
- Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards
- Report any safety issues to the chef on duty
- Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers
Qualifications
This position requires both AM and PM availability.
Education/Formal Training
High school education or equivalent experience.
Experience
Minimum one-year food service or related work.
Knowledge/Skills
- Requires an ability to work as a team member and an ability to communicate with kitchen staff.
Physical Demands
- Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying: All of these functions are essential primarily because of the heavy production associated with Banquets. Items include food, small equipment -75% of the time.
- Bending of the knees does become necessary when using the lower oven for cooking, 5-10 times a day.
- Mobility -full range of mobility and the ability to travel 30-50 feet on a regular basis throughout the day.
- Continuous standing -during preparation, during service hours or during expediting, usually all day.
- Must have moderate hearing to hear equipment timers and communicate with other staff.
- Must have excellent vision to see that product is prepared appropriately.
- Must have moderate comprehension and literacy to read use records and all special requests.
- Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying. Position regularly involves lifting food cases and metros weighing up to 70 lbs. Pushing and pulling carts is required.
- Bending/kneeling: Regular bending to lift items and supplies. Periodic kneeling.
- Mobility: Regularly moves all around kitchen.
- Continuous standing: To complete a task, may be stationary for short periods of time.
- Periodic climbing required.
Environment
Inside 100% of 8 hour shift. Going in the freezer temperatures can be -10 degrees. On the front line, temperatures can be over 100 degrees.
Benefits
- Eligible to enroll in medical insurance with employer covering up to 70% of premiums with wellness credit
- Eligible to enroll in dental insurance with employer contribution towards premiums & vision insurance
- Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with up to 4% employer match, meeting safe harbor requirements and no vesting period
- Eligible to enroll in Health savings accounts with qualifying medical plans and receive up to $1000 company contribution
- Eligible to enroll in Health, Dependent and Commuter flexible spending accounts
- Company paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance coverage, with option to enroll in supplemental coverage
- Eligible to enroll for short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage
- Eligible to purchase Pet Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Critical Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- WINFertility guidance for those enrolled in Sage medical plan
- Calm Health Application Subscription
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off for vacation, sick time, and holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement of up to $2,000 per calendar year
- Great discounts on Hotels, Restaurants, and much more
- Eligible to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program. Up to $1,000 per referral
Salary
USD $21.00 - USD $21.00 /Hr.