Line Cook EL/IL Kitchen Fine Dining

Holbrook Life Management- Decatur LLC • Decatur, GA

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About The Position

The Line Cook prepares high-quality food for residents and guests with consistency, urgency, sanitation, and pride. The role supports Holbrook’s elevated culinary experience by executing recipes, setting up stations, preparing production, presenting plates, and maintaining cleaning standards.

The cook may work at assigned stations such as sauté, grill, broil, fry, pantry, production, or breakfast. The position also supports daily features, catering, resident events, special diets, texture modifications, and service requests as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred; culinary education is a plus.
• Must be 18 years or older unless otherwise approved by applicable law and company policy.
• Previous cooking experience in restaurant, senior living, hotel, club, healthcare, or high-volume food service preferred.
• Food Handler certificate or ServSafe certification preferred, or ability to obtain certification within the company-required timeframe.
• Knowledge of cooking methods, ingredients, kitchen equipment, sanitation, safety standards, and food preparation procedures.
• Ability to follow recipes, directions, production expectations, and presentation standards.
• Professional communication skills and ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure.
• Guest-first and resident-first mentality, with strong teamwork, organization, and accountability.
• Must be able to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.
• Must be able to walk, sit, stand, reach, bend, stoop, push, pull, and safely lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to work in hot, cold, wet, and fast-paced kitchen environments for extended periods.
• Must be able to use hands, arms, and manual dexterity to operate kitchen tools, equipment, and service items safely.
• Must be able to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

• Culinary education.
• Previous cooking experience in restaurant, senior living, hotel, club, healthcare, or high-volume food service.
• Food Handler certificate or ServSafe certification.

Responsibilities

• Set up the assigned station according to community guidelines.
• Follow recipes, portion controls, plating and seasoning standards, allergen instructions, and presentation specifications.
• Prepare food in a sanitary, organized, timely, and professional manner while maintaining freshness, flavor, texture, and temperature.
• Complete prep lists, production sheets, station checks, line checks, and service-readiness tasks as directed.
• Maintain hot-holding, cold-holding, cooling, reheating, labeling, dating, storage, and rotation standards.
• Restock stations during the shift and promptly communicate product needs, low inventory, quality concerns, and service issues.
• Safely use and maintain assigned station equipment and tools.
• Keep stations, storage areas, prep areas, and kitchen equipment clean, organized, and inspection-ready.
• Support daily features, catering, resident events, special diets, texture modifications, and service requests as assigned.
• Work respectfully with culinary, service, and dish teams to support smooth service and resident satisfaction.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED