Line Cook 1

This job opportunity is offered by a prominent hotel known for its commitment to providing exceptional hospitality services and culinary experiences to guests. The hotel operates a high-standard kitchen environment focused on quality, cleanliness, and guest satisfaction. As a leader in the hospitality industry, this establishment fosters a professional, respectful, and cooperative work atmosphere for all its staff, including the culinary team. The hotel values creativity, teamwork, and adherence to health and safety standards, ensuring that every guest enjoys excellent dining quality every time they visit. The role available is that of a Line Cook, a crucial position within the kitchen brigade responsible for preparing and cooking food items with meticulous attention to cleanliness, sanitation, quality standards, taste, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness. The position demands a dedicated cook who respects fellow team members and the hotel’s operational environment. This role is typically full-time and can require working nights, weekends, overnight shifts, and holidays depending on the hotel's service schedule. As a Line Cook, you will be tasked with controlling the quality and consistency of all food served from your assigned station, ensuring all preparation lists and supplies are ready before service begins. You will actively participate in controlling food costs by handling and storing food properly and safely and produce orders quickly and consistently per established standards. Proficiency with all basic cooking techniques, such as sautéing, braising, poaching, grilling, frying, and steaming, is essential. The job requires a solid knowledge of kitchen tools and equipment operation, including knives, pots, pans, stoves, ovens, grills, slicers, and steamers. Maintaining the kitchen's cleanliness is also a core part of the responsibilities, including cleaning tasks like sweeping, mopping, washing dishes, and waste disposal. Furthermore, the role includes potential duties such as assisting with food service in the staff cafeteria, working on special banquet stations involving carving meats or preparing customized orders like omelets and desserts, and supporting other hotel kitchen operations as needed. The person filling this position should demonstrate punctuality, wear the full appropriate uniform at all times, communicate effectively with chefs and team members, and adhere strictly to hotel policies and safety standards. Respect for colleagues, kitchen equipment, and customers is paramount, and participation in departmental meetings and training sessions is expected to keep skills up to date and to promote teamwork. This Line Cook position offers an excellent opportunity for culinary professionals with relevant experience or education, such as a culinary degree, to grow within a respected hotel known for its high standards and supportive workplace environment. The job also prepares the employee to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment that challenges and enhances their culinary skills while maintaining a safe and hygienic kitchen.

• Physical demands including frequently standing, walking, talking and hearing
• Ability to use hands to cut, chop, finger, handle or feel materials, objects, tools or controls
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 25lbs
• Ability to satisfactorily communicate in English with guests, management and co-workers
• Ability to provide legible communication