Job description

GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Cook is responsible for the preparation of all food items as per standardized recipes.

Essential Job Duties:

• Prepares all soups, stocks, sauces; boils, braises, and roasts items as per standardized recipes.
• Prepares and serves all sauteed, fried, grilled, steamed, and baked items as per standardized recipes.
• Prepares or directs the preparation of all food served, following standard recipes and special diet orders. Plans food production to coordinate with meal serving hours, so that excellence, quality, temperature, and appearance of food is preserved.
• Determines amount and type of food and supplies required for daily menus and seeing that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production.

Other Duties:

• Maintains assigned workstation in a safe and sanitary condition.
• Maintains acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with department dress code.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.
• A minimum of three years’ experience as a cook in a hotel, restaurant, club, or similar institution.
• Ability to plan and organize work, to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications, and standards.
• Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of nutrition and diet.
• Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination
• status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
Must be able to stand or walk for up to 8 hours per day. Must be able to bend, stoop, and stretch frequently throughout the day. Moderate to heavy physical effort needed infrequently. Manual dexterity for preparing food. Ability to use standard industrial kitchen appliances required. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. independently. May be exposed to extreme temperatures (freezers and stoves-range burners) for short periods of time. May be exposed to industrial cleaning chemicals. Must be able to see, hear, and communicate with others.

EEO

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Fast casual restaurant

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Weekly day range:

• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bradenton, FL 34209: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Cooking: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

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