Cook - Garrison Oak

Churchill Downs Incorporated•Oak Grove, KY

About The Position

Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel (the “Property”) is a gaming facility in a high traffic area in the heart of Oak Grove, Kentucky, and across the street from a large Army post, Ft. Campbell. The Property is 10 miles from Clarksville, TN and less than 60 miles northwest of downtown Nashville, TN. FUNCTION The Cook II is responsible for safely preparing food items, following menu specifications and standard recipes, for service to guests in all outlets.

Requirements

Abilities demonstrated in handling the banquets and food outlet effectiveness.
Maintaining interpersonal working relationship among all personnel.
Oral and written communication skills.
Able to interact with internal and external guests in a friendly/fast manner.
All internal and external guests must be treated in a manner to ensure complete satisfaction. Always strive to exceed our guests’ expectations.
Ability to work in fast-paced environment
Willingness to assume overall responsibility relative to the performance of the outlets, work flexible hours and handle high-pressure deadlines.
Must have a high school diploma or equivalent
Must have at least 1-2 years of experience in a professional kitchen
Must have a solid knowledge of culinary terms
Must have a solid knowledge of culinary techniques and ability to execute recipes in a timely manner
Must be able to work all stations in assigned kitchen
Must be able to assist in the training of Cook 1 in culinary skills
Must be able to demonstrate competency in breakfast cookery
Must have basic meat, fish, and poultry preparation and cooking ability
Must have basic soups, stocks and sauce preparation ability
Able to obtain and maintain a valid Kentucky gaming/racing license

Nice To Haves

Food safe certification from recognized authority (ServSafe certification, etc.) is preferred

Responsibilities

Ability to operate kitchen equipment including slicer, steamer, deep fryer, ovens, broiler, grill, mixer, kettle, and griddles.
Actively participates with staff to cook, prepare, dish-up and assemble all outlets food.
Provide excellent guest service to both internal and external guests
Greets guests approaching service area
Requires reading and math skill for recipes and measurements.
Ability to read, write, speak and understand Basic English in order to read recipes and communicate with other team members.
Adheres to control procedure for food costs and quality.
To encourage and abide by all health codes and hand washing guidelines.
Prepares all food items according to standard recipes and menu to ensure consistency of product to the guest.
Be able to create compound sauces and derivatives of the mother sauces including the knowledge of Beurre Blancs.
Prepare written food requisition for supplies and food items for production in the workstation – inventory.
Other duties as assigned.