Cook/Prep Cook - Spring Valley

LIZARDS THICKET INCColumbia, SC
Onsite

About The Position

Lizard's Thicket is looking to hire a full or part-time Breakfast Cook / Short-Order Cook to help our kitchen staff prepare delicious food for our loyal customers. This position pays a competitive wage depending on skills and experience. In 1977, in a home on Broad River Road in Columbia, S.C, Bob and Anna Williams opened the very first Lizard's Thicket. The phrase "home cooking" is exacting! All of our Lizard's Thicket meals were based on Anna's own recipes. In the past forty years, we have grown to 15 locations with over 700 employees! We still pride ourselves on being a place where families and groups of friends can gather for a hearty, southern cooked meal and catch up on their days. To this day, we are still owned and operated by Bob and Anna's children and grandchildren. At Lizard's Thicket, we value our staff members and consider them to be one of the most important assets of our business. We offer competitive pay and robust benefits and consider the health and well-being of our staff members to be one of our highest priorities.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent is preferred
  • Experience as a cook or in a relevant role is preferred
  • Comfortable in the kitchen
  • Work well as part of a team
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Good communication skills and the ability to memorize information easily
  • Able to read and follow directions well
  • Able to work independently and make sound judgment calls when appropriate
  • Flexible
  • Dependable
  • Quick on your feet and able to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Able to present a professional and well-kept appearance

Responsibilities

  • Prepare traditional style breakfast foods by following our recipe manual on the grill/oven/waffle iron/toaster/fryers or any other kitchen equipment.
  • Prepare hundreds of cooked to order meals on a busy morning.
  • Ensure the quality and consistency of the food and that it is ready in an efficient and timely manner.
  • Proper storage, handling, and inspecting serving areas regularly to ensure safe, sanitary food-handling practices.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • FREE $15,000 life insurance policy after a 60-90 day period
  • Paid vacation/PTO annually
  • Supplemental insurance benefits
  • 8% discount on all Verizon Wireless plans
  • Employee referral bonus
  • Discounted meals
  • Annual performance reviews
  • Ability to be paid on a daily basis for all employees, full or part-time
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