Line Cook

Line Cook is responsible for preparing salads, pizzas, appetizers, and pastas while maintaining a clean and safe workstation and assisting team members as needed.

Requirements

• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintains a sense of urgency throughout the shift.
• Acts as a true team member and recognizes areas to be helpful and supportive to other staff members.
• Adheres to proper side-work duties, policies, and health department requirements.
• Food handler certification within the county of employment.
• Able to work on feet for long hours.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Filling in for absent staff as needed.
• Adhere to grooming and appearance standards consistently.
• Makes efforts to improve overall menu knowledge.
• Assumes 100% responsibility for quality of products served.
• Knows and complies consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies and procedures.
• Stocks and maintains sufficient levels of food products at line stations to assure a smooth service period.
• Portions food products prior to cooking according to standard portion sizes and recipe specifications.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary workstation area including tables, shelves, grills, pasta cookers, sauté burners, deck ovens and refrigeration equipment.
• Prepares item for grilling, sautéing or other cooking methods by portioning, chopping, dicing, blending, seasoning and/or marinating.
• Follows proper plate presentation and garnish set up for all dishes.
• Handles, stores and rotates all products properly.
• Assists in food prep assignments during off-peak periods as needed.
• Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations.
• Assists others in closing the kitchen.
• Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Kitchen Manager or manager-on-duty.