Line Cook

Job purpose 

To participate in day to day kitchen operations by controlling quality of food, labor, inventory of product and flow of kitchen. Maintain a clean and sanitary work area.   

Essential Functions 

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function so of the job. 

• Oversee and coordinates activities of food preparation (kitchen, pantry, and storeroom) and purchases food and kitchen supplies. 
• Follows recipes, controls, portion, and presentation specifications as set by the restaurant 
• Specify number of servings to be made from any vegetable, meat, beverage, and dessert to control portion costs in a sanitary and timely manner. 
• Oversee line cooks, tastes, smells, and observes food to ensure recipes are appearance standards. 
• Inventory, storage, and distribution of food and supplies. 
• Track and report any food waste. 
• Prepare and portion foods, and utilize food surpluses and leftovers. 

Qualifications 

• Minimum two years’ experience in high volume kitchen. 
• Must be comfortable with Microsoft word and excel. 
• Must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent, a professional diploma or food services management.   
• Knowledge of ingredients and kitchen equipment 
• Knife/food preparation skills 
• Positive attitude 
• Able to work well with others 
• Ability to actively attend to, convey and understand the comments and questions of others. 
• Accuracy – ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly 
• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken work. 
• Customer Oriented – Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures. 
• Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal. 
• Relationship building – Ability to effectively build relationship with customers and co-workers. 
• Must possess a valid driver’s license. 
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.  

Working conditions 

• Fast paced environment that can be extremely hot and cold at various times. 
• Present around sharp objects, hot surfaces and in areas where the floor may be wet or slippery at times. 

 Physical requirements 

• Required to work on your feet and stand for 8 hours a day.  
• Pick up 50 lbs or less on a regular base. 
• Manually manipulate food. 
• Reach outward 
• Reach above shoulder 
• Bend 
• Grasp 
• Speak 
• Push/Pull 

Flexible Schedule

Ability to work afternoons and evenings

Weekends required