Assistant Cook Job Description
Assistant Cook Duties & Responsibilities
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Assistant Cook Qualifications
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Education for Assistant Cook
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Assistant Cook Job Description
- To ensure all patrons receive a high level of customer service
- Preparation and serving of food including basic cookery
- Maintain the standards front of house (FOH)
- Presentation of items FOH
- Assisting with kitchen duties
- Taking and recording temperature readings for fridges, freezers, chillers, and hot cabinets to comply with food hygiene regulations
- Operating electronic cash register and handling cash / locking up
- Help with stocktakes
- Putting deliveries away
- To ensure canteen area is kept clear of obstruction in accordance with Health & Safety regulations
- Skills to assist in preparation of weekly menus
- Required reading and math skills for recipes and accurate measurements
- Must successfully pass a Federal background check
- Be alert to any food issues and raise these with Chef/Manager at once
- Any other jobs as required
- Food Hygiene Certificate essential
Assistant Cook Job Description
- Collaborate with community agencies, partners, and volunteers to carry out project goals
- Work with county supervisor and program coordinator to accomplish tasks needed to carry out the project, including all steps of program planning, recruiting youth, ensuring correct eligibility of youth, advertising and promotion of program, evaluation gathering and compilation, teaching youth, and any other task related to project as assigned
- Cooks to order
- Assist cooks in meal production, follow daily production schedule, and prep specific food items
- Assist with cafeteria meals
- Deliver patient tray on occasion and perform sanitation duties as indicated
- Prepare food service for the night shift in cafeteria
- Able to cater in busy environment, using a combination of fresh produce
- To assist the Chef in Back-of-House when required and assist Front-of-House
- First point of cover for Chef during annual leave periods
- Can handle multiple tasks with frequent interruptions
- 6 months to 1 years of food service and production
- 6 months to 1 years Cash handling experience
- Previous restaurant or institutional cooking experience, preferred
- Graduate of a two-year Culinary Arts Program with one-year work experience or 3 years minimum work experience in a Sous Chef position
- Must be able to read and write English and perform basic math conversions on recipes
Assistant Cook Job Description
- Assist Nutrition Program Manager with shift employee performance evaluations
- Assist Nutrition Program Manager in placing food orders and maintaining inventory
- Assist Nutrition Program Manager in any area within the department to assure Health Department and the School Nutrition Program regulations are followed
- Prepare made-to-order meals for the visiting team and travel staff
- Assist with Food Lounge inventory management and ordering
- Take ownership in the maintenance and upkeep of a best-in-class visiting clubhouse with a focus on cleanliness and efficiency
- Fulfill requests from visiting coaching and travel staff
- Anticipate needs of the visiting team and the needs of the clubhouse overall
- Assist fellow clubhouse staff with responsibilities throughout the day and after games
- Be available to assist with unloading the visiting team equipment as they arrive to Tropicana Field
- Experience working with community agencies, partners and volunteers
- Ability to work well with others and ability to carry out tasks individually
- Ability to travel to programs (mileage will be reimbursed)
- Cooking and food preservation skills
- Recruiting and promotion experience or creative ideas
- Previous teaching or public speaking experience
Assistant Cook Job Description
- Complies with established departmental policies and procedures, operational goals, performance improvement program, sanitation and infection control standards
- Maintains established policies and procedures, standard, and practices in food preparation to achieve departmental goals of high quality and nutritional meals
- Weighs, measures, and mixes ingredients using appropriate procedures to prepare food items according to standardized recipes
- Cleans and sanitizes work area and equipment at end of shift
- 80% of your time Cleaning and 20% of your time Cooking (this could change depending upon business needs)
- Cleaning the Kitchen
- Cooking Guest and Staff Food
- Assist in food prep, wash, cut, chop, Kitchen Staff
- Dust, sweep, mop
- Keep dining area and kitchen clean
- Experience in Direct Design sourced product, working with Technology/Design and Buying to create high standards of CAD and Tech Packs via PLM
- High level of proficiency in Design related CAD software to include Illustrator, Photoshop and In Design
- Multi task orientated with the ability to work to tight deadlines to the critical path
- May have to lift various objects
- Must have high school diploma and/or GED equivalent
- Basic knowledge of food preparation and presentation methods, techniques, quality standards and requires basic knife skills
Assistant Cook Job Description
- Maintain a safe work environment for all employees and guests
- Comply at all times with the Marriott standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations(Fremap)
- Prepare food of consistent quality following Marriott recipe cards
- Date all food containers and rotate as per standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Cook orders as per shift from server
- Maintain FIFO system including labelling at all times
- Property portions all items on your assigned station
- Check pars for shift use
- Comply with the 30 checkpoint list according Marriott standard
- Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ
- Notify staff of items that need to be replenished and restocked
- Responsible for helping to rotate perishable items at the end of the shift, to help ensure fresh product
- Responsible for serving students, staff, and guests in a pleasant, efficient, courteous and professional manner
- Responsible for assisting with dishes
- Responsible for the changing and emptying of trash cans
- Responsible for coming to work neat and clean and in proper attire