The Dam Location Kitchen Staff Full Time

Dara's Corner Market; Manhattan (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Dara's Corner Market is hiring a cook to prepare and cook food in a small kitchen with a limited menu. Duties include assembling items, operating large-volume grills, fryers, and griddles, and ensuring each order meets quality standards.

You'll read orders, prepare ingredients, and cook to order, while maintaining sanitation and safety. Prioritizing tasks in a busy store environment is essential to serve customers promptly and accurately.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred; candidates with less than a High School Diploma will also be considered.
• Knowledge of customer and personal service principles and processes, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
• Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
• Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
• Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
• Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.
• Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patrons and prepare and cook food according to instructions.
• Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
• Measure ingredients required for specific food items being prepared.
• Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers or fried chicken, which are prepared to order or kept warm until sold.
• Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
• Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.
• Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.
• Prepare specialty foods, such as pizzas, sandwiches, wraps following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
• Prepare dough, following recipe.
• Schedule activities and equipment use with managers, using information about daily menus to help coordinate cooking times.

Skills

Customer service

Sanitation knowledge

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Prepare and cook food in a convenience store kitchen with a limited menu. Duties of these cooks are limited to preparation of a few basic items and normally involve operating large-volume single-purpose cooking equipment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (for example, GED) preferred; candidates with less than a High School Diploma will also be considered.
• Knowledge of customer and personal service principles and processes, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.
• Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.
• Operate large-volume cooking equipment, such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.
• Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.
• Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.
• Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patrons and prepare and cook food according to instructions.
• Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.
• Measure ingredients required for specific food items being prepared.
• Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers or fried chicken, which are prepared to order or kept warm until sold.
• Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.
• Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.
• Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.
• Prepare specialty foods, such as pizzas, sandwiches, wraps following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.
• Prepare dough, following recipe.
• Schedule activities and equipment use with managers, using information about daily menus to help coordinate cooking times.