Line Cook - Hotel Forty Five

Your next great role is awaiting. Hotel Forty Five is seeking Cook professionals who share a passion for food and cooking and injects enthusiasm into everything they do in our culinary department. Our cooks will be responsible for executing breakfast, lunch, and dinner food items for our different Food & Beverage outlets such as our Chef Driven restaurant - Loom, roof top bar - Hightales, and Coffee Bar - Reckon.

Hotel Forty Five, owned by IDP Properties and Mainsail Lodging & Development, is a 94-room boutique hotel in Macon, Georgia. Joining Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio, an exceptional collection of independent hotels and resorts with unique personalities and spirit, Hotel Forty Five celebrates the building’s original character and historic significance. Each of Hotel Forty Five’s rooms and suites immerse guests in a timeless experience, providing the ideal space to rest and recharge. Vintage design elements with rich contrasting colors and copper metal accents are featured throughout creating a redefined yet classic finish. Hotel Forty Five boasts three different dining concepts, Loom, Hightales Rooftop Bar and Reckon Coffee & Wine Bar. Occupying one of downtown Macon’s few remaining historic high-rises, the boutique hotel is aptly named after its location on an iconic 45-degree angle, formed by Cherry and First Streets with Cotton Avenue. For more information visit hotelfortyfive.com, or follow along on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

The Line Cook will be responsible for preparing the kitchen with a multitude of tasks to include the day to day preparation of the meals and to continually uphold the standards in accordance to the Macon Hotel 45 service standards and Mainsail Lodging & Development standards.

Essential Functions

• Assist the Executive Chef/Sous Chefs/Supervisors with any recipes for each day
• Understand the recipes for the restaurant and able to prepare dishes to standard on a consistent basis
• Maintain a clean environment - general cleaning to include equipment, floors, walls, coolers, and freezers

• Dishwashing

• Return pots and pans to the dish area for cleaning
• Maintain a professional, presentable uniform and personal grooming
• Able to effectively communicate with the team on a daily basis
• Follow Safe-Staff sanitary compliance throughout every area working in the kitchen

• Basic vegetable prep to include peeling, slicing, dicing, and portioning
• Basic sauce prep to include stocks, salad dressings, and vinaigrettes

• Plating dishes - presenting food for guest to the chef’s specifications
• Ability to understand kitchen orders
• Ability to work efficiently
• Ability to perform all functions in the kitchen
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work long hours standing over hot flat tops, stoves and fryers
• Ability to work as a team in a stressful, fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of different cooking recipes and all kitchen equipment

• Follow all safety procedures to include knife safety
• Restock clean dishes, flatware and all cooking equipment to the appropriate storage areas
• Maintain the kitchen work area in an orderly and clean condition
• Follow proper hand washing procedures
• Stock supplies for the kitchen in specified locations
• Sort and remove trash and clean the garbage cans / whales daily
• Maintain trash area and place in proper area for pickup
• Assist with loading and unloading of food deliveries and supplies

• Perform other duties as management requests to service our guests

Qualification Standards

Education & Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent or higher
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a restaurant
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Physical Demands

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Corrected vision to normal range
• Ability to use knives and kitchen machinery safely and effectively
• Ability to lift 20 lbs. or more
• Ability to work long hours as needed

Mental Demands

• Make sound judgments quickly
• Ability to work with others in a high demand kitchen
• Work on multiple tasks, making appropriate progress towards deadlines
• Able to work independently, take direction and provide direction to others
• Manage differing personalities within the kitchen, the hotel and the community
• Maintain the highest degree of confidentiality
• Ability to work effectively in stressful, high pressure situations
• Ability to effectively handle challenges in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary

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NOTICE:  The hotel business functions seven days a week, 24 hours a day.  All employees must realize this fact and be aware that at all times it may be necessary to move associates from their accustomed shift as

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is our policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal state and/or local law.

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