Line Cook

Stonebridge Hospitality Management•Denver, CO

16d•Onsite

About The Position

The Line Cook prepares and cooks food to meet the hotel’s standards and quality requirements, working under a chef and carrying out assigned kitchen duties. The role supports breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquets, and room service. The position is based at the Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center in Denver, Colorado, and starts at $21.00 per hour. The posting highlights a search for a candidate with five years of relevant experience, while its education and experience requirements also describe an associate degree or equivalent, six months to one year of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination.

Requirements

The posting seeks a candidate with five years of relevant experience.
Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; alternatively, six months to one year of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Safe Serve/Food Handler’s Card.
Ability to use cooking metrics and convert cooking measurements.
Ability to understand and carry out simple one- or two-step instructions and handle standardized situations with few or no variables.
Ability to perform repetitive work and work in a fast-paced, hot environment.
Demonstrated accuracy, thoroughness, and quality-focused work.
Ability to meet productivity standards and produce adequate work volume efficiently.
Customer-service skills, including responding to requests and seeking feedback to improve service.
Initiative, accountability, dependability, and ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
Ability to stand and/or walk for long periods or an entire shift.
Ability to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or 20 pounds frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
Flexible and long hours are sometimes required.

Responsibilities

Know all menu items for the scheduled shift.
Prepare ingredients before service begins and keep the workspace stocked.
Operate the assigned station efficiently and safely.
Use safe food-handling methods to prepare, cook, hold, and store food; handle and store food properly.
Prepare pantry items, sandwiches, salads, desserts, and other food items according to designated recipes and quality standards.
Produce excellent-quality food and visually inspect food sent from the kitchen.
Follow opening and closing procedures and maintain cleanliness and food-sanitation standards.
Manage guest orders in a friendly, timely, and efficient manner.
Prepare requisitions for supplies and food items as needed.
Use proper knife skills and cooking measurement and conversion methods.
Maintain regular attendance, punctuality, and compliance with work, break, and meal periods.
Maintain personal appearance and grooming in accordance with the dress code.
Carry out supervisor requests and follow written or verbal instructions.