AddressPOSITION: Granary Sous Chef
DEPARTMENT: Kitchen
DATE: April 2022
BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work with the Granary Chef to plan, prepare, and produce wholesome meals in accordance with company standards and local health regulations at outdoor food service locations such as the Granary, Picnic Lodge, Pavilion or as designated. Provide supervision and training for Granary Cooks. to work both inside and outside during Summer and Fall season. This position requires flexibility in shifts to cover both afternoon and evening cook outs.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Work with Granary Chef to oversee the food preparation, service, and operation for the outdoor dining outlet known as the “Granary”.
- Offer consistently professional, friendly and proactive service while supporting fellow colleagues.
- Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality standards, presentation standards, and food preparation checklist.
- Direct and supervise Granary Cooks and monitor food preparation including quality and quantity of food.
- Demonstrate food service sanitation practices and prevention of food borne illnesses.
- Keep refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. Ensures food and supply items are stored per standards.
- Ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of all work areas, utensils, and equipment. Work clean and be responsible for kitchen organization and orderliness.
- Demonstrate basic knife handling skills and operation of basic kitchen equipment and machines and train/supervise line cooks of same.
- Maintain proper rotation of product in all refrigerators to minimize wastage/spoilage. Maintain food and cooler logs.
- Work on prepping salads and all other associated tasks under time constraints, extreme temperatures, and high business levels.
- Learn, retain, and demonstrate a full knowledge and understanding of all associated Granary recipes as trained.
- Follow recipes, instructions from Granary Chef, and work as part of larger team unit focusing on quality and consistency
- Assist in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required.
- Grill, bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods. Check and ensure the correctness of the temperature of appliances and equipment.
- Maintain standards of prep and assist set up as directed by Granary Chef.
- Requisition food products and necessary nonfood items for daily operations of Granary.
- Inspect daily food offerings to ensure quality and food safety procedures are being followed by all cooks.
- Mentor and onboard new Granary cooks by leading and teaching daily.
- Insure proper guest service by initiating teamwork between front and back of the house.
- Assist all service staff and company workers in a professional manner insuring our guest service is in accordance with company standards.
- Operate equipment such as ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, steamers, kettles, and fryers.
- Regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.
- Carve various meats, proteins, and other menu items correctly, and verbalize the different options, including sauces and garnishes, and serve to guests from line.
- Answer guest questions with accurate information and demonstrate a friendly and helpful personality by smiling, eye contact, initiating conversation and engaging with others.
- Prepare and pick up foods from main kitchen ensuring health and food safety standards are followed completely.
- Operate vehicles safely while driving and/or parking in compliance with Mohonk Mountain House Traffic Rules and Regulations.
- Inspect Granary vehicles daily and ensure Vehicle Report is completed at least weekly.
- Identify safety hazards, report, and follow up to see that corrective action is taken
- Maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
- Maintain good working relationships with coworkers, guests, and managers.
- Perform basic mathematical functions with recipes such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Speak, read and write the English language and communicate in a clear and congenial manner, with our guests, visitors and employees. Hear verbal instructions, directions and warnings.
- Maneuver carts or dollies safely with loads up to 200 pounds up and down stairs, elevators, through passageways or outdoors up to 75 feet.
- See close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Reach with hands and arms, bend, kneel, stoop, twist and flex arms, walk up and down stairs/inclines, sit, climb up/down ladders or stand for up to 5 hours at a time.
- Lift up to 50 pounds from ground level to waist level and carries a distance of up to 100 feet with/ without assistance. Walk up to 5 miles per day.
- Taste sweet, sour, bitter, and salty and demonstrate a sense of smell.
- Inspect work by touch, sight, sound and smell for conformance to prescribed standards
- Test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently.
- Work outdoors and exposed to natural elements.
- Lead/attend daily shift briefings.
- Adhere to Mohonk Mountain House’s Dress and Grooming Standards; presenting a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance and maintaining a positive, professional image to our customers.
- Learn and retain knowledge of historical facts and information about Mohonk Mountain House.
- Learn and successfully demonstrate the Mohonk Mountain House Service Steps with Service Strategies with guests and staff.
- Maintain a flexible work schedule that may require time outside of normal business hours including weekdays/weekends, holidays, and during peak periods of business.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Valid Driver’s License and at least 21 years of age, or 20 years of age with at least two years of licensed driving experience.
- Certified in food service sanitation practices and prevention of food borne illnesses.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
