Cook 1 - Buffet
About The Position
Responsible for achieving all standards for basic food preparation and cooking. This role involves preparing, seasoning, finishing, and garnishing all food, maintaining refrigeration and storage areas for proper product handling and rotation, and ensuring a clean and sanitary culinary workstation in accordance with health regulations. The position also requires adherence to recipes and specifications, assisting with guest requests and stocking dishes, and proper storage and rotation of food products. Daily tasks include using measuring tools, stirring and straining soups and sauces, and performing proper receiving, thawing, storage, proportioning, sanitation, heating, holding, and re-thermalization of various food items.
Requirements
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to perform basic math skills: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Strong organizational skills required.
- Must successfully complete screening for essential job functions.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or G.E.D. preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepares, seasons, finishes, and garnishes all food.
- Maintains all refrigeration and dry storage areas to ensure proper handling and rotation of products.
- Ensures that their culinary work station is clean and that all food items are properly covered and stored at the end of shift.
- Follows all recipes, specs, and control procedures.
- Maintains a clean and sanitary area at all times in full accordance with health regulations.
- Assists with guest requests when needed.
- Helps stock dishes when needed.
- Assists with storage and proper rotation of food products.
- Uses dry and liquid measure and scales.
- Stirs and strains soups and sauces.
- Maintains a culinary work station when required.
- Performs proper receiving, thawing, and storage in correct location, proportioning prep area sanitation, heating and holding, and re-thermalization (including sauces, soups, salad bar items, lunch, dinner, and produce).
- Creates an atmosphere of fun for all casino guests.
- Encourages mutual respect, dignity and integrity with all employees, by setting positive examples at all times.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
