Fair Ketch - Cook 2

French Lick Resort • Fort Lauderdale, FL

91d

About The Position

Be a part of the pre-opening team for the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel! Opening Fall 2025, the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel will also have over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views. To ensure all prep items, and food orders are prepared and stored to proper specifications within the F&B Outlets.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months (for entry level) to 3 years (advanced) relevant culinary experience, preferably in high volume upscale restaurant.
• Thorough knowledge of food handling and preparation techniques.
• Good eye/hand coordination needed to use all kitchen equipment.
• Must have prior experience to include sautéing, broiling & fry cooking.
• Basic math skills needed to understand and implement recipes and measurements.
• Ability to work cohesively with co-workers both within and outside of your department.
• Ability to handle stressful situations, while maintaining a calm and welcoming demeanor.
• Requires a working knowledge of sanitation standards.
• Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc.) and taste/smell.
• Highly motivated self-starter focused on quality, organization, cleanliness and teamwork.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced high-pressure work environment while executing delegated tasks and assignments.
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with the Chef to learn daily work tasks and their coordination, and complete daily prep list.
• Be knowledgeable of plate presentations and preparations of all menu items.
• Prepare all items on prep list following standard procedure or otherwise told by supervisor.
• Always maintain high quality by inspecting all food products for quality when working on prep list and service line.
• Check portion control, weights and counts prior to function.
• Fire all food for service and to serve online.
• Maintain/check cooking times and temperatures.
• Follow all storage procedures when taking food out of walk-in and when returning food to walk-in.
• Always maintain cleanliness of work area.
• Keep walk-in, prep area and equipment up to Health Department and Pointe standards at all time.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and production and portion standards, per check from servers.
• Date all food containers and rotate as per standards, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures.
• Check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull, and line set up.
• Note any out of stock items or possible shortages.
• Return all food items not used on next shift to designated storage areas, being sure to cover/date all perishables.
• Cooperate with other cooks to prepare events or special requirements on meals.
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned by Culinary leadership.

What This Job Offers