Seagar's Line Cook

Hilton Sandestin Beach•Miramar Beach, FL

39d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for maintaining, setting up, food production, and quality control of all meat, seafood and other food items prepared in Seagar’s Kitchen. This role involves preparing food items according to standard recipes, maintaining cleanliness of kitchen areas, ensuring high-quality food ingredients, managing storage and par levels, reading and using math skills for recipes, and preparing requisitions for supplies. The position may also include general cleaning tasks and other duties as requested to ensure a safe working environment.

Requirements

Good working knowledge of the fundamentals of broiler, fryer, and sauté cooking.
Good working knowledge of accepted standards of sanitation.
Knowledge of operating all kitchen equipment, including stoves, ovens, broilers, slicers, fryers, steamers, kettles, etc.
Basic mathematical skills necessary to understand recipes, measurements, requisition amounts, and portion sizes.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language in order to complete requisitions, read recipes, and communicate with other employees.
Sufficient manual dexterity of hand in order to use all kitchen equipment, including knives, spoons, spatulas, tongs, slicers, etc.
Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise, move or push goods on a hand cart or truck weighing a maximum of 200 lbs.
Ability to perform duties in confined spaces.
Ability to perform duties within extreme temperature ranges.
Two years of cooking experience required.
Ability to obtain any government required licenses or certificates.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma preferred.
Culinary or Apprenticeship program preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares all food items for assigned station according to standard recipes and as specified on guest check, to ensure consistency of product. Requires transportation of heavy food products and dishware.
Keeps all refrigeration, equipment, storage, and working areas in clean, working condition in order to comply with health department regulations.
Visually inspects, selects, and uses only food items of the highest standard in the preparation of all menu items.
Checks and controls the proper storage and par levels of products, especially with produce, seafood and specific cuts of meat, to maintain quality product.
Reads and employs math skills to follow recipes.
Prepares daily requisitions for supplies and food items for production.
Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning product, as assigned, to adhere to health standards.
Performs other duties as requested, such as moving supplies and equipment, cleaning up spills, etc., to ensure a safe working environment.