Line Cook
About The Position
Line cooks prepare assigned food items according to Duffy’s recipes and portion-control guidelines. The role includes preparing and cooking menu items, coordinating order timing, plating and garnishing food, and distributing food to servers. Line cooks also maintain kitchen cleanliness and food safety, manage and restock supplies, monitor and record food and storage temperatures, and maintain records of food waste. They maintain a Food Handler’s Certification and a positive, professional approach to coworkers and customers. The position requires availability to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays, and includes prolonged standing and physical activity, occasional exposure to caustic chemicals and extreme non-weather temperatures, and lifting up to 40 pounds.
Requirements
- Maintain Food Handler’s Certification.
- Be available to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Demonstrate dependability, initiative, adaptability and flexibility, stress tolerance, attention to detail, self-control, integrity, cooperation, concern for others, and a social orientation.
- Be able to stand and walk for long periods, repeat movements, handle objects and tools with both hands, and remain physically active for extended periods.
- Be able to bend, stretch, twist, reach, maintain balance and steady hand and arm movements, coordinate multiple limbs, and react quickly with hands, fingers, or feet.
- Be able to lift, push, pull, or carry heavy objects, including lifting up to 40 pounds.
- Be able to see near and distant details, distinguish colors and brightness, understand speech, speak clearly, and hear and distinguish sounds while focusing amid other sounds.
- Be able to multitask and shift attention between work activities.
- Be able to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Occasionally work around toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme cold or heat (non-weather).
Responsibilities
- Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, counters, and tables; perform general kitchen cleaning and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, and silverware.
- Perform food preparation tasks, including weighing or measuring ingredients and using manual or electric appliances to clean, peel, slice, and trim foods.
- Grill, cook, and fry foods; prepare foods according to guest orders or supervisors’ instructions and approved procedures.
- Coordinate order timing so items are served together; cook, plate, and garnish menu items; package take-out foods; and distribute food to servers.
- Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, print date and time labels, and stock storage areas and refrigerators.
- Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage; receive and store food supplies, equipment, and utensils.
- Take and record temperatures of food and food storage areas, including refrigerators and freezers.
- Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas.
- Remove trash, clean kitchen garbage containers, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor.
- Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly or food and supplies are running low, and order needed items.
- Assist other kitchen staff with tasks and provide needed items.
- Keep records of quantities of food wasted or thrown away.
- Maintain Food Handler’s Certification and a positive, professional approach to coworkers and customers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
