Line Cook

Upper Crust Food Service • Gainesville, FL

23d

About The Position

Cooks keep service moving by setting up stations, preparing ingredients, and ensuring every dish is finished and presented well. The role involves working at the rhythm of service, preparing and serving food to residents, maintaining food safety and sanitation standards, receiving and storing ingredients and supplies, and helping execute special events as directed by management. The position requires regular communication with management by phone, email, and text.

The work environment may be loud and busy and can involve hot surfaces and liquids, sharp knives, slippery floors, extreme heat or cold, and cleaning chemicals. The job requires standing for extended periods, up to eight or more hours, as well as walking, bending, stooping, and lifting or moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

Upper Crust Food Service provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics. This policy applies to employment terms and conditions including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, compensation, and training.

Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfort working with a variety of personalities under pressure.
• Food safety handler and sanitation certification, or ability to obtain one within 30 days of employment.
• Ability to pass a background check.

Nice To Haves

• Two or more years of food service experience preferred.
• Bulk food preparation experience in a commercial kitchen setting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set up workstations and prepare ingredients for service.
• Dress and finish dishes before they go out.
• Portion and serve food to residents.
• Enforce food safety and sanitation standards in accordance with state and local regulations.
• Help unload, inspect, and store raw ingredients and supplies.
• Plan and execute special events as directed by management.
• Communicate regularly with management by phone, email, and text.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed