Cook

Job Title: Cook

Department: Food Service

Reports to:  Kitchen Manager

Position Summary: Prepares quality food products for sale by the Food Service department, while providing customer service.

Job duties:

- Greets customers when within ten feet and four seconds of contact.

- Cooks food items needed for the day such as make bentos, roast chicken, fish

- Tracks food inventory, order from vendors if needed

- Tracks food quality, pulls food that does not meet standards, conducts hourly temperature checks of food and warmers for hot food temperature and hot chicken temperature log

- Keeps workstation clean and organized by dusting, wiping, and sweeping area.

- Washes and sanitizes dishes, tools and area

- Performs other related duties as needed as assigned by manager

Capabilities:

- Stand for long periods of time, frequent walking around department from different appliances

- Carry up to 60 pounds, push and pull up to 1000 pounds, frequent motions of arms and hands to prepare food products, bend to reach for products stored on a lower level

- Use of proper safety procedures

- Able to operate stove, hot plates, oven, fryer and slicer

- Able to slice, dice and mince manually

- Mark down and pull products from floor if needed

- Able to listen to directions and follow through independently

- Good communication and observation skills

Job Skills:

- Previous experience working with the public

- Time management skills

- Proper knife skills and proper sanitation knowledge

- Knowledge of different types of meats, fish, etc.

Environment:

- Air condition while in store, subject to heat when cooking and chill temperatures if products need to be retrieved from chill

- Very fast paced

Other

- Must be 18 years of age to operate machinery