Cook (Full And Part Time)

Compass Group•Pittsburgh, PA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Culinaire has an opening for full and part time COOK positions. This role involves preparing high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery, and service schedules. The cook will serve meals, ensure correct portioning, maintain proper temperatures, and ensure food is attractive and tasty. Responsibilities include tasting all prepared food items, using established ticket collection procedures during service, and maintaining records from the area worked during service periods. The role also requires cleaning the kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and properly storing or discarding excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures. Keeping refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat, and ensuring food and supply items are stored per standards are also key duties. The cook will operate and maintain kitchen equipment as instructed, assist in production planning, record keeping, and reporting as required, and assist in the ordering and receiving of all food and supplies. Reporting needed maintenance, faulty equipment, or accidents to the supervisor immediately is crucial. The position requires attending in-service and safety meetings, maintaining good working relationships with coworkers, customers, administrators, and managers, and performing job duties safely while maintaining a clean, safe work environment. Ensuring proper presentation, portion control, and maintenance of serving temperatures, and following HACCP standards are essential. A personal commitment to one's own safety and that of others is expected. The role also requires abiding by all Company policies and procedures, including specific safety guidelines for handling knives, hot pans, and using appropriate footwear and lifting techniques.

Requirements

One to two years of cooking experience is preferred.
Willing to train!

Responsibilities

Prepares high-quality food items according to standardized recipes and instructions to meet production, delivery and service schedules.
Serves meals or prepares for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and tasty.
Tastes all prepared food items.
Uses established ticket collection procedures during service.
Responsible for records from area worked during service periods.
Cleans kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures.
Keeps refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat.
Ensures food and supply items are stored per standards.
Operates and maintains kitchen equipment as instructed.
Assists in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required.
Assists in the ordering and receiving of all food and supplies as required.
Reports needed maintenance, faulty equipment or accidents to the supervisor immediately.
Attends in-service and safety meetings.
Maintains good working relationships with coworkers, customers, administrators and managers.
Performs job safely while maintaining a clean, safe work environment.
Ensures proper presentation, portion control and maintenance of serving temperatures; follows HACCP standards.
Personal commitment to your own safety and that of others.
Abides by all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to: The use of a medium weight cut gloves when handling or using knives, peelers, choppers, mandolins or cleaning a slicer. The use of oven mitts, fryer gloves or steamer gloves when handling hot pans from ovens, warmers or steamtables. The use of slip-resistant shoes and proper lifting techniques.