F & B Worker – Prep Cook/Line Cook

Description

Position: F & B Worker – Prep Cook/Line Cook

Reports to: Kitchen Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary: Responsible for fast and clean servicing of all menu items to the customers.

Essential Duties:

• •Prepares, cooks and seasons food for customers. Variations on this job include line cook, vegetable cook, fry cook, or grill cook.
• •Controls food production to include; proper cooking methods, cooking time and temperature and ensuring sanitation, handling and storage of prepared food and leftovers.
• •Works with other kitchen staff to follow recipes, uses ovens, grills, microwaves, and other industrial cooking apparatus.
• •Prepares ingredients for the dishes that are cooked and served. This includes chopping vegetables, breaking down, cutting or grinding meat, weighing and mixing ingredients, washing and preparing vegetables, storing food, and more.
• •Prepares for rush period of work without getting behind; assists in keeping stock on hand and organizes orders.
• •Measures and weighs ingredients, monitors food for freshness and safety, maintains a clean kitchen and stores ingredients properly.
• •Ensures each order sent out is uniform and consistent.
• •Dishwashers are responsible for unloading the dishes and cutlery brought to them by bussers and loading them into dish trays. The trays are then placed into the commercial washers and blasted with scalding hot water. The commercial dishwashing machines can't always accommodate larger pots and pans, so occasionally you may be required to wash things by hand, the old fashioned way.
• •Delivers complete orders to customers as needed.
• •Busses tables in the restaurant as needed.
• •Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education and Experience:

• •High School Diploma/GED or equivalent preferred.
• •Previous restaurant, kitchen, food and beverage experience preferred.
• •Current IHS Food Handlers permit required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• •Ability to read, analyze and interpret simple documents, such as recipes, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• •Ability to respond to common inquiries from fellow employees or supervisors.
• •Ability to read, write and communicate verbally in English.
• •Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• •Basic analytical and deductive reasoning ability.
• •Must have superior interpersonal relations skills.
• •Understand and comply with all Company and departmental rules and regulations, policies and procedures.

Working Conditions and Physical Environment:

The working conditions and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• •Able to stand for extended periods of time.
• •Able to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• •Hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone.
• •Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly.
• •Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs/ladders, work in small spaces, walk, reach and lift up to 25 pounds regularly.