Our restaurant is looking to hire a new cook who will be responsible for preparing awesome dishes for our guests. Duties will include prepping meals by weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, cooking meals, checking ingredients for freshness, and arranging and garnishing the dishes.

To be successful in this job, you will need thorough experience with hot and cold food preparation. Culinary school education is preferred, and prior experience in a related position is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Preparing awesome meals for our customers.
• Weighing, measuring, mixing, and prepping ingredients according to recipes.
• Steaming, grilling, broiling, baking, or frying meats, fish, vegetables, and other ingredients.
• Checking food and ingredients for freshness.
• Arranging and garnishing dishes.
• Working well under pressure and within the time limit.
• Ensuring that the kitchen area, equipment and utensils are cleaned.
• Helping lead and inspire our kitchen staff with the restaurant manager.
• Wowing our guests with amazing dishes.

Education, Experience Requirements:

• Minimum two (2) years of hospital, institutional, or restaurant cooking experience to include food preparation
• Bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management, food service management, or related field is preferred.
• Food protection manager certification (FPMC) or Foodservice management professional (FMP) accreditation is advantageous.
• Proven experience working in the food service industry.
• Sound knowledge of labor laws as well as food health and safety regulations.
• Outstanding leadership and management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• The ability to stand for extended periods