Cook I

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Duties include:

· Maintain food safety and sanitation standards

· Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh

· Operate kitchen equipment such as broilers, ovens, grills and fryers

· Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients

· Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods

· Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes

· Handle and store ingredients and food

· Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils

· Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment

· Check the quality and freshness of ingredients

· Monitor station inventory levels

Work Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8 pm - 4:30 pm

Benefits:

· Medical Insurance

· Dental Insurance

· Vision Insurance

· Paid Vacation

· 401B

Qualifications/Skills:

· Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness

· Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike

· Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes and to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the or kitchen

· Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing

· Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts

· Work flexible hours

Experience, Education, and Licensing Requirements:

· Current food handler’s card and other certification as required by state

· Current SERVSAFE certification or has successfully completed a sanitation course within the past year

· Minimum six years of restaurant cooking experience to include food preparation

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 6 years

Restaurant type:

• Casual dining restaurant

Shift:

• Day shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Portola Valley, CA 94028: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person