Cook 1 | Texas Spice
About The Position
Omni Hotels & Resorts is seeking a Cook 1 for the Texas Spice at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa. This role involves efficiently preparing food items according to company specifications with limited supervision, maintaining safe food handling procedures, and understanding large-scale food production. The cook will be responsible for kitchen sanitation, safe use of culinary equipment, learning all menu items for their assigned station, and executing plate presentations that meet specifications. Responsibilities include preparing plated style items, grilling, roasting, and baking fish, steaks, chicken, and shellfish, and completing work assignments within necessary timeframes. The position also requires effective communication with team members, maintaining a positive and professional attitude in stressful situations, and completing other assigned duties.
Requirements
- Minimum age requirement of 18 years.
- At least 2 years culinary experience in a hotel or restaurant kitchen.
- ServSafe or equivalent food handlers certification required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as organizational skills.
- Knife skills required.
- Basic mathematical skills and an understanding of weights and measures so as to be able to follow recipes.
- Familiarity with batch and quantity cooking.
- Ability to multi-task work in a fast paced high pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks and assignments.
Nice To Haves
- Good knowledge of culinary fundamentals and techniques.
Responsibilities
- Efficiently prepare all food items as directed by supervisor and to the company specifications, with limited supervision from management.
- Maintain safe food handling procedures at all times.
- Understand large scale food production and times required to complete tasks.
- Maintain kitchen sanitation in accordance with health department guidelines.
- Properly and safely use all culinary equipment.
- Learn all menu items produced by assigned station.
- Perform plate presentations that meet our specifications.
- Prepare a mixture of plated style items.
- Production of orders to include Grilling, Roasting, and Baking fish, steaks, chicken and shellfish.
- Perform work assignments to meet proper quantities within a necessary time frame.
- Communicate with other team members.
- Maintain a positive and professional attitude in stressful situations.
- Complete other duties as assigned by management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
