Line Cook 1 - Part Time

PGA of America•Port Saint Lucie, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

PGA Golf Properties Inc., a subsidiary of the PGA of America, aims to promote the game of golf by offering championship golf courses, research, education, licensing, and advisory services. They foster a fun, professional, respectful, and supportive work environment that balances professional and personal life, offering competitive benefits and compensation. This role involves working closely with the Executive Chef to plan, prepare, and serve various cooked items according to standardized recipes in a timely manner. The Line Cook I is expected to master all kitchen stations, recipes, presentations, and setups, with a strong knowledge of soups and sauces. Responsibilities include preparing all food, ensuring quality and appearance, preparing soups, stocks, and sauces, managing food supplies, portioning food, maintaining a safe and sanitary workstation, identifying and remedying kitchen inefficiencies, and keeping storage areas organized and clean. A sterile kitchen environment is required, including proper chemical usage and equipment breakdown/reset.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Three (3) years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge in advanced knife skills, and the ability to butcher and prepare all proteins and store them in their proper setting.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, and ratios to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Requires special emphasis on sound judgment and understanding of legal concepts and local, state, and federal laws relevant to all aspects of the food and beverage industry.
Work harmoniously with others to get a job done, responds positively to instructions and procedures and is able to work well with staff while maintaining relationships, which breed productive disagreement and debate.
Meet the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
Get firsthand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services.
Act with the customer in mind and establish and maintain effective relationships with customers and gain their trust and respect.
Valid Food Handler’s certificate
Frequent standing, walking, and lifting up to 25 pounds required on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

Follow, execute, and help plan recipes, procedures, and plate-ups related to line cooking in a timely fashion.
Ability to work towards the mastery of all stations in the kitchen, as well as all recipes, presentations, and setups.
Strong working knowledge of soups and sauces.
Prepare all food served, following standardized recipe and special diet requests.
Ensure all food production and its coordination with the meal and serving hours, so that quality, temperature, and appearance of food are preserved.
Prepare all soups, stocks, and sauces; boils, braises, and roasts items as per standardized recipes.
Recognize supplies required for menus/production and ensure that supplies are obtained from storage areas in adequate time for meal production.
Portion food on serving plates, add gravies and sauces and garnish servings.
Maintain assigned workstation in a safe and sanitary condition, which includes washing pots and pans.
Assist management on inefficiencies in the kitchen and help to remedy the inefficiency.
Keep refrigerators and dry good shelves clean and organized.
Maintain a sterile kitchen which requires an understanding of chemical usage which pertains to the kitchen environment, as well as the ability to break down and reset all kitchen equipment.