Hotel Restaurant Cook II

Coury Hospitality • Westlake, TX

87d

About The Position

At Marriott Dallas/Fort Worth Westlake, we bring modern luxury and warm hospitality to Dallas’ Westlake community. Featuring sophisticated accommodations, elevated dining, and world-class amenities, our hotel is designed for seamless business and leisure experiences. Curators at Marriott Westlake thrive in an upscale, guest-centered culture, delivering exceptional service with a passion for hospitality. The position reports to the Executive Chef and is part of the Kitchen department. This is a non-exempt position that involves preparing various foods as directed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner at the assigned kitchen station, including set-up and breakdown of the station in accordance with Company standards and safety and sanitation policies.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and make mathematical calculations.
• Ability to work from and maintain production records and follows recipes.
• Ability to weigh and measure ingredients.
• Ability to maintain food quality no matter what the business and staffing level.
• Ability to adapt to change, new situations, changes in staffing and procedures.
• Ability to absorb a large amount of information in a short period of time.
• Good, safe knife and equipment skills.
• Work well without supervision, motivates others, shows initiative and desires to get things done.
• May be required to work nights, weekends and/or overtime.

Responsibilities

• Sets up, clears and breaks down workstation.
• Follows written and oral instructions regarding menus and standardized recipes.
• Prepares selected food as directed in accordance with portion sizes and quality standards.
• Prepares a wide variety of menu items such as roasting, broiling, baking, frying, steaming and stewing meat, fish and poultry.
• Utilizes a variety of kitchen equipment including small and large pieces.
• Follows safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury and damage to the equipment.
• Cleans working and storage areas, tools, equipment and floors as needed.
• Disassembles and assembles component parts and accessories for cleaning kitchen equipment.
• Identifies hazards and assesses risks associated with foods.
• Reports any hazards, risks, or maintenance problems to Manager as they occur.
• Maintains and develops teamwork and open lines of communication with coworkers and supervisors.
• Treats Manager and coworkers with professional respect.
• Controls waste and maintain food cost.
• Maintains all sanitation requirements including product rotation, temperature maintenance, and storage procedures.
• Maintains all policies and procedures as trained for food preparation.
• Continually and properly train and re-train in all areas of food preparation, safety, and sanitation.
• Responds professionally to all questions and requests.
• Provides customers with the highest level of care and excellent service.
• Additional tasks and responsibilities may be assigned at the discretion of the Manager.

What This Job Offers