Cook | Radisson | Food & Beverage

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

May include, but not limited to:

• Multi-task while remaining in constant view of the guest, when applicable 

• Communicate effectively with both internal and external guests

• Maintain quality control with regards to all food and beverage product

• Maintain proper product rotation

• Follow all health department / hotel / restaurant policies and procedures regarding food safety and personal hygiene

• Take direction effectively

• Be aware of your surrounding

• Make quick decisions with the benefit of both the restaurant and the business in mind

• Have and utilize a great amount of knowledge of all food and beverage items within the restaurant

• Follow all restaurant guidelines with regards to prepping, heating, re-heating, and serving of food products

• Preparation of food, ensuring consistent quality

• Required to be detailed oriented

• Work well in a team environment 

• Responsible for maintaining, setting up, producing food and controlling quality of all food items prepared

• Visually inspects, selects and uses only food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items

• Checks and controls the proper storage of product and portion control, especially high cost meat items

• Keeps all refrigeration, storage, and working areas in clean, working condition to comply with health department regulations

• Ensures all equipment in working areas is clean and in proper working condition

• Reads and employs math skills to appropriately prepare items according to recipes 

• Prepares palatable and proper-portioned food for all guests accordance with standardized recipes, preparation methods, portion control, time schedules and sanitary standards

• Follows serving size standards and presentation guidelines

• Workplace will be kept clean and organized during the shift and all applicable cleaning lists will be followed during/following shift  

• May be assigned other cleaning duties as necessary

• Responsible for properly storing, labeling, and dating all food items 

• Responsible for properly storing food orders and other supplies

• Ensure all meals are prepared in a timely manner

• May be required to assist in the training and development of new associates

• Prepares requisition for supplies and food items for production in work station

• Responsible for the preparation of food items on the menus for the guests according to the Food Production sheets 

• Serves food from the production line during meal periods

• Responsible for the assembly, cooking, plating and garnishing of all food products according to Executive Chef’s specifications

• Control the products leaving the kitchen to ensure that each item has been properly accounted 

• Complete working knowledge of menu, recipes, assembly and plating specifications

• Ensure that meals are prepared in a timely manner in accordance with Executive Chef’s recipes and assembly procedures

• Prepare and follow daily prep sheets to indicate food levels on hand and amounts required

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS POSITION:

• Knife skills and cooking experience preferred but not required 

• Able to stand for long periods of time, up to 8 hours or more

• Able to stoop and bend

• Able to lift up to 40 pounds from time to time

• Able to safely work with potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment

• Able to comply with safety and health code standards

• Able to handle responsibilities that require repetitive motion tasks