Position Summary
The Cook plans, prepares, and cooks various food items to ensure the highest quality and experience for guests in the restaurant, carryout, and delivery. They ensure proper food handling, sanitation, and food storage procedures.
Primary Responsibilities
The following information represents the majority of the duties performed in the position, but are not meant to be all inclusive nor prevent other duties from being assigned when necessary.
- Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe, using variety of kitchen utensils and equipment to prepare salads, sauces, dough, cheeses, pizza crust, vegetables, sandwiches, and casseroles.
- Follows measurement charts to ensure consistent and quality products.
- Bakes, fries and microwaves main dishes and cooks or heats other food items.
- Observes and tests cooking by viewing, smelling, piercing with fork, and testing temperature with a thermometer to determine items are properly cooked. Provides guidance to other kitchen crew and management during the preparation of food.
- Washes, peels, cuts, dices and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
- Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of the food preparation containers and areas including washing/sanitizing of all containers and utensils, preparation counters and tables, cleaning walls and shelves, clear crumbs away and wipe ovens and microwave, drain oil from, dissemble, clean and reassemble fryer, and sweep and mop floors.
- Monitors thermostat controls to regulate temperature of oven, steam kettles, steam tables and hot holding equipment, and pasta cooker. Reports malfunctions or required repairs to management.
- Records product usage and waste on charts.
- Operates dishwasher.
- Delivers clean plates, utensils, glasses, etc., to service areas either at the counter or dining room.
