Cook 1

Job description

Job Description Position: Cook 1: Department: Food and Beverage: Job Summary: Prepares, cooks, and presents food using established recipes. Duties and Responsibilities (specific areas of responsibility include but are not limited to): - Reads daily menus to ensure cooking times are coordinated for timely preparation of all food products. - Ensures that all the ingredients and necessary components for the menu items to be prepared during the shift are ready at the start of the shift (mise en place). - Prepares ingredients, including washing, peeling, portioning, chopping, and storing food. - Performs food production functions such as properly measuring, weighing, and mixing ingredients; prepares food items by following a recipe; and performs cutting operations using knives and cutting board. - Prepares and cooks dishes; ensures that menus, recipes, methods, pictures, and specifications provided by supervisors are followed exactly. - Monitors and tests food quality while preparing food; checks if cooked sufficiently along with proper consistency, temperatures, and flavors. - Verifies food is satisfactorily cooked in both quality and quantity prepared. - Prepares proper plate and plat...