Cook I - Banquets - Full Time

Ocean Casino Resort•Atlantic City, NJ

10h•Onsite

About The Position

A Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events.

Requirements

Able to read, convert recipes according to production requirements
Continuous standing, walking for long periods
Periodically pushing and pulling heavy carts and lifting products in proper storage areas
Ability to work in contrasting hot and cold areas
Lift food items sometimes as heavy as 100 lbs.
Repetitive heavy lifting
High School diploma or equivalent preferred
Either a culinary apprenticeship or an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts
Experience in a high volume kitchen helpful
The ability to effectively communicate in English
Serv Safe certified

Responsibilities

Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short preparation time.
May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.
Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and company standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by guests and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
Complies with all Ocean Casino Resort HACCP policies and procedures.
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.