Cook (Guy Fieri's Kitchen and Bar)

Caesars Entertainment•Council Bluffs, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Prepares food, including hot entrees, to specifications in an accurate and timely manner to provide guests with a quality product. Responsibilities include providing safe and wholesome food, maintaining a sanitary and organized work area, and demonstrating proper care, storage, use, and cleaning of all tools and equipment. The role requires competent product knowledge by correctly storing and handling all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value, and integrity. Food preparation follows standard recipes and specifications, with positive responses to training by chefs. Effective communication with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel, is essential. The cook will adjust equipment temperatures, prepare items as directed, and act as an expediter by coordinating functions between the food prep line and service personnel. This role also involves recognizing and correcting any product discrepancies and variations in quality, standards, and specifications, as well as storing and rotating food. Responsibilities include picking up and delivering food from various outlets and preparing items such as sandwiches, salads, cold specials, hamburgers, pancakes, hot sandwiches, and garnishes.

Requirements

Ability understand and respond to written order, recipes and directions in English
Ability to work flexible time periods as required of a cook in resort environment, as well as be flexible enough to work in multiple outlets as needed
Ability to recognize different cooking oils and their cooking temperatures
Ability to use knives, other hand-held instruments and other food preparation equipment
Must have a sense of urgency to serve customers properly
Ability to perform all duties of a Cook’s Helper/Pantry Person
Must have documented skills and competencies in preparing eggs, meats, batters, potatoes; blanching, steaming, sautéing; pasta and rice cookery; and preparing salads, sandwiches, cold appetizers and garnishments
Ability to portion, prepare and present meat, poultry and fish entrees, pastas, vegetables, pan sauces and butter sauces
Ability to interact and communicate with internal and external guests
Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business
Acts as a role model to other Team Members and always presents oneself as a credit to Caesars Entertainment and encourages others to do the same.
Adheres to all regulatory, company and department policies and procedures

Responsibilities

Provides safe and wholesome food to our guests.
Maintains a sanitary and organized work area.
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.
Adjusts equipment temperatures.
Prepares items as directed.
Acts as expediter by coordinating functions between the food prep line and service personnel.
Recognizes and corrects any product discrepancies and variations in quality, standards and specifications.
Stores and rotates food
Pickup and delivers food from Warehouse, Food Stores, Veg Prep, Bakeshop, Butcher shop and other food outlets
Prepares sandwiches, salads, cold specials, hamburgers, pancakes, hot sandwiches and garnishes.