Line Cook

Margaritaville Resort Casino•Bossier City, LA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Margaritaville Casino & Resort Bossier City is seeking a Line Cook to join their team. This role is part of an exciting, fast-paced industry that offers diverse co-workers, unlimited growth, and support. The company emphasizes creating a positive guest and employee experience, maintaining high standards in food production, and adhering to cleanliness and professional conduct. Penn National Gaming, the parent company, is described as a growing organization that fosters a family-like atmosphere and a fun working environment.

Requirements

High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
2 years of previous high-volume production cooking experience and/or culinary degree.
Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to guests and other employees of the organization.
Ability to calculate figures, amounts, and percentages and apply to practical situations.
Ability to interpret a variety of instruction furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Able to deal with problems with a variety of concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

Culinary Degree
Sanitation Certificate

Responsibilities

Develops and implements all Margaritaville Casino Resort Bossier City Guest Satisfaction Standards to all guests and all fellow employees.
Attends departmental orientation prior to beginning work in the department.
Creates a positive guest employee experience.
Smiles, and is helpful and friendly.
Answers questions, takes responsibility to get answers, and anticipates our guests’ needs and problems.
Execution of all food production as determined by the Sous Chef through production sheets.
Practices a “clean as you go” work ethic and utilize proper food handling techniques (i.e., wearing plastic gloves and proper uniform, including hat and clean kitchen towels).
Prepares the proper amounts of food as requested by the Sous Chef.
Conducts self in a highly professional manner at all times.
Communicates with Stewards on all equipment cleaning needs.
Handles any special request made by the Sous Chef or external guest.
Utilizes and uses any piece of kitchen equipment in work area in a safe and professional manner, maintaining the integrity of the equipment.
Maintains Margaritaville Casino’s food quality specifications as determined by the standard recipe.
Maintains a waste-free department by controlling production and utilizing returned food.
Responsible for the cleanliness of immediate work area and the process walk-in cooler.
Completes attendance of Serv-Safe class if offered.
Cuts, dices, and chops various food products.
Using recipes, creates soups, sauces, and stocks.
Be aware of rotation and sanitation guidelines.
Organizes and cleans coolers, storerooms, and freezers as necessary.
Prepares baked, grilled, heated, steamed, and fried items.
Ability to grill items to specific temperatures.
Ability to sauté items and create pan sauce.
Ability to help fellow employees accomplish their goals when possible.
Ability to follow all recipes and plating pictures without deviation unless requested by the guest.
Portion controls various items using scales and other dry and wet measuring techniques.