Cook - Bacchanal/Celebrity Food Hall - Steady Extra (Caesars Palace LV)

Caesars Entertainment•Las Vegas, NV

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Cook is responsible for preparing recipes and food items in accordance with the Executive Chef’s requirements. This role involves operating various kitchen equipment, maintaining ingredient supply levels, and ensuring a sanitary and organized work area. The cook must adhere to health codes and regulations, demonstrate proper care of tools and equipment, and prepare food products according to standard recipes and specifications. Effective communication with team members and management is essential, as is the ability to follow directives and assist with other assigned duties.

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.
Work requires the ability to read, understand and follow recipes precisely.
Work requires competent knowledge and compliance of SNHD health code.

Nice To Haves

Loud, fast paced environment, multiple tasks to be handled under time constraint.
Front-line cooks will have a great deal of direct public contact.
Requires standing, walking, bending, pushing, pulling, lifting and reaching throughout the shift.
Must be able to handle a heavy business volume in a timely manner.
Work requires pushing carts up to 70lbs, lifting full pots up to 100lbs, repetitive stirring, extreme hot and cold work conditions, and bending at the waist.

Responsibilities

Prepare, sauté, 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, Frenchtop, and blast chiller 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.
Follows proper zoning procedures, returning/ storing product and equipment to designated areas.
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, chefs and managers.
Verbally acknowledges chef’s instructions, responds in a professional manner.
Assist with any other job related duties that may be assigned.
Follows management directives.