Sushi Cook

Avolta; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Meal benefits

Transportation benefits

401(k)

Career growth

Referral program

Job summary

HMSHost Corporation at Chicago O'Hare Airport is seeking a Sushi Cook to prepare sushi and related items, ensuring quality and presentation across prep and cooking areas while delivering high service to guests. This non-exempt role reports to a Sushi Chef under local requirements.

Required: high school diploma or GED, minimum 1 year of sushi cooking experience with HACCP knowledge, and ability to pass safety class. Must lift up to 40 pounds and speak English; Japanese is a plus.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• Requires 1 year of sushi cooking experience with HACCP knowledge.
• Must pass the company food safety sanitation class.
• Experience in high-volume casual dining environment.
• Able to lift up to 40 pounds.
• English reading/writing; Japanese knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare sushi and other foods per recipes and presentation standards.
• Follow menus and estimate food requirements for production planning.
• Maintain HACCP and sanitation standards.
• Move supplies and equipment between storage and work areas.
• Prepare equipment for cooking.
• Operate kitchen utensils and equipment for prep and cooking.
• Ensure proper food handling, labeling, dating, stocking, and temperature checks.
• Receive and inventory food and beverages.
• Clean and sanitize workstation and equipment.
• Stock and rotate products, monitor temperatures.

Skills

Sushi cooking

HACCP compliance

Food safety

English language

Japanese language (bonus)

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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With a career at HMSHost, you really benefit! We Offer

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)
• Holiday pay
• Meal and Transportation Benefits
• *401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Employee assistance program
• Training and exciting career growth opportunities
• Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

*Benefits may vary by position so ask your recruiter for details.

Airport Location:Chicago Airport F&B
Advertised Compensation:$21.25to $21.30

The Sushi Cook is responsible for preparing sushi and other various food products, ensuring the quality and presentation of food products prepared, performing all station functions necessary in the prep and cooking areas, providing the highest quality of service to customers and associates at all times, and performing all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management.

This is a non-exempt position and typically reports to the Sushi Chef depending upon local requirements.

Essential Functions:

Follows recipes and/or product directions for proper food preparation and presentation

Follows menus, estimates food requirements, checks production and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment as needed

Practices excellent food safety and sanitation practices and complies with HACCP standards

Transfers supplies and equipment between storage and work areas by hand or cart

Prepares appropriate equipment for cooking

Operates kitchen utensils and/or equipment used for heating, weighing, measuring, mixing, washing, peeling, cutting, grinding, stirring, straining, slicing, assembling and kneading of food products

Ensures proper food handling procedures are followed for wrapping, labeling, dating, stocking, storing, rotating and checking temperature of products

Receives and inventories food and beverage product and supplies

Cleans and sanitizes workstation and equipment

Stocks, dates, rotates and checks temperature of product

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent GED

Requires a minimum of 1 year of closely related Sushi cooking experience with food preparation skills and knowledge of HACCP standards; requires food knowledge of Sushi

Must be able to pass company provided food & safety sanitation class

Requires work experience in a high volume and casual dining restaurant environment

Requires the ability to bend, twist, and stand to perform normal job functions

Requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds

Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents, as well as converse comfortably with customers

Ability to speak and write Japanese a plus

Frequently works with sharp knives and utensils

Frequently immerses hands in water and water diluted with chemical solutions

Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates (“the Company”), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws andregulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members withoutregard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as “protected characteristics”).