Job Summary: Cook responsibilities include studying recipes, setting up menus and preparing high-quality food/sandwiches. You should be able to delegate tasks to kitchen staff to ensure meals are prepared in a timely manner. Also, you should be familiar with hygiene regulations and experience in food safety.
Key Performance Areas:
- Set up the kitchen with cooking utensils and equipment.
- Must be experienced in moving around the kitchen and apt in multi-tasking.
- Study each recipe and gather all necessary ingredients.
- Regulating and know-how of temperatures of Charcoal BBQ, ovens, grills and other cooking equipment.
- Cook food in a timely manner (based on our standard cooking and dispatching times).
- Delegate tasks to kitchen staff.
- Inform wait staff about daily specials and relevant information to be considered.
- Storing food in temperature-controlled facilities.
- Slightly modify recipes to meet customers’ needs and requests.
- Monitor food stock and place orders.
- Check freshness of food and discard out-of-date items.
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area.
- Vacuum pack, weigh, label and price products.
- Receive, inspect, record and store goods upon delivery, to ensure product quality.
- Sharpen and good maintenance to knives, tools and equipment.
- Provide advice to customers, sell products.
- Ensure appealing presentation.
- Look after the uniforms, and always wear it clean and presentable.
Skills, knowledge and competencies required
- At least 3 years previous experience as a cook in a commercial kitchen.
- Good communication and self-organization skills.
- Acceptable level of communication in English.
- Preserve and enhance with your service our reputation as business.
- Follow safety and sanitation practices in the kitchen.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From $29.66 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Free food
- Visa sponsorship
Schedule:
- Rotating roster
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Frankton, Otago: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Work: 3 years (Required)
Language:
- English (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
Expected Start Date: 01/06/2023
