Cook I

Caesars Entertainment•Westlake, LA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cook I position involves preparing various food items such as sautés, broiled, fried, baked, and grilled foods in accordance with kitchen needs and standard recipes. The role requires operating kitchen equipment including grills, fryers, broilers, ovens, and French tops. Key responsibilities include performing preliminary food preparation, ensuring accurate ingredient supply levels, restocking assigned stations, and maintaining a sanitary and organized work area. The cook must understand and maintain proper safety and health codes and regulations, ensure all assigned areas are clean, and demonstrate proper care, storage, use, and cleaning of all tools and equipment. Competent product knowledge, correct storing and handling of perishables, and maintaining quality, security, value, and integrity are essential. The role also requires preparing food products according to standard recipes and specifications, responding positively to training by chefs, and effectively communicating with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel. The work environment is described as loud and fast-paced, with multiple tasks to be handled under time constraints. Front-line buffet cooks will have direct public contact.

Requirements

Work requires effective communication in English, both verbal and written form in a professional manner.
Work requires a minimum of one year experience as a cook.
Work requires ability to work from a standing position for extended periods of time.
Work requires a neat appearance with good personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

Prepare, sautés, broiled, fried, baked and grilled food items in accordance to kitchen needs.
Perform various job duties that will include operation of grill, fryer, broiler, oven and French top in accordance with kitchen needs.
Perform preliminary preparation work in a timely manner.
Ensures ingredient supply levels are accurate.
Move items from shelves to carts and transport to assigned stations for restocking purposes.
Maintains the required par of food items in their assigned station from support areas throughout the property.
Maintains a sanitary and organized work area.
Understand proper safety and health codes and regulations and maintain them regularly.
Ensure all areas assigned are clean and free of debris.
Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of all tools and equipment.
Demonstrates competent product knowledge by correct storing and handling of all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value and integrity.
Prepares food products according to standard recipes and specifications and demonstrates positive responses to training by chefs.
Effectively communicates with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel.
Assist with any other job-related duties that may be assigned.