Prep Cook - Trainwreck

Altitude Hospitality Group; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Prep/Production Cook to join their dynamic kitchen team. This role requires a culinary professional with 2-3 years of experience who can work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends. You will be responsible for preparing and presenting food items according to the restaurant's vision while ensuring compliance with hygiene and safety standards. If you possess excellent knife skills, a friendly demeanor, and a passion for customer service, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values collaboration and creativity in a fast-paced environment!

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• Must have at least 2-3 years of culinary experience.
• ServSafe certification preferred within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for service ensuring compliance with recipes.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards in the kitchen.
• Stock kitchen for optimal efficiency and safety.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Customer Service

Knife Skills

Food Safety

Teamwork

Education

2-3 years culinary experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Windows Operating System

Job description

Prep/Production Cook Position

Job Overview

1. duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned as needed. Works with kitchen staff to produce food items in accordance with the restaurant’s vision. Works as a team to execute excellent customer service and an amazing guest experience.

Experience

2-3 years experience is required.

Must have a flexible schedule and the ability to work evenings, weekends and/or holidays based on business demands.

Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures.

A working knowledge of the practices and procedures of safe food handling.

SERV-SAFE certified.

Excellent customer service skills.

Friendly demeanor and positive attitude.

Ability to work in a team.

Duties & Responsibilities

Prepares food for service and ensures compliance with all recipes to provide consistent menu items.

Clean and maintain work area throughout shift.

Possesses good knife skills.

Make sure that the hygiene and food safety standards are met in all stages of food preparation.

Stocks kitchen for optimal efficiency. Ensures that all food items are properly stored.

Maintains professionalism and is friendly and approachable towards guests and staff.

Reports safety hazards to manager on duty. Reports all employee accidents to manager on duty.

Maintain sense of urgency in kitchen.

Complete all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education: This is an experienced culinary level position. 2-3 years related experience required.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees to positively represent Altitude Hospitality Group.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply basic arithmetic to common food service applications: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Has a working knowledge of the Windows Operating System and Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word and Excel. Must be able to seamlessly utilize proprietary databases to accurately plan production schedules, meal counts, purchasing specifications and quantities, and similar routine activities.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to be adaptable to sudden changes in production plans, scheduling, and resource allocation, and adept at service recovery.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

ServSafe certification preferred and should be obtained within 90 days of employment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Job functions are performed primarily in a clean, ventilated, well-lighted temperature controlled environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must regularly lift and/or move 50 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use their hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

Hours and Availability

Typical workweek: 25-40 hours.

*May be more hours during high event seasons.

Hours vary depending on business demand.

Benefits and Pay

Employees are considered “full time status" if the employee consistently works over 30 hours per work week. Benefits are offered to all full time employees after 60 days of employment, including medical, dental, vision and a free life insurance policy.

This position starts at $18-$20/hr, based on experience