Restaurant Line Cook

Position Title:

Line Cook

Position summary:

Line cook duties will consist of assisting the executive and sous chef with their daily tasks. Line Cooks are in charge of prepping food and plating dishes according to our restaurant’s menu specifications.

Tasks:

· Set up and stocking stations with all necessary supplies.

· Prepare food for service (e.g. chopping vegetables, butchering meat, or preparing sauces).

· Cook menu items in cooperation with the rest of the kitchen staff.

· Answer, report and follow executive or sous chef’s instructions.

· Clean up station and take care of leftover food.

· Stock inventory appropriately.

· Ensure that food comes out simultaneously, in high quality and in a timely fashion.

· Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards.

· Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.

· Adhere to all policies and procedures of the Alter kitchen.

Skills:

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals and organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Attributes:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words

• and sentences.

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.

• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

• The ability to remain on one’s feet for extended periods in a fast-paced environment.

• The ability to move quickly and with urgency in a fast-paced environment.

• Must have an awareness of, and desire to embody, Alter’s 5 “best employee characteristics” – commitment, authenticity, passion, integrity and fun.

Experience and Education:

• Proven cooking experience, including experience as a line chef, restaurant cook or prep cook.

• Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures.

• 2 + years’ experience in a high-volume environment.

• All appropriate certifications.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Restaurant type:

• Casual dining restaurant

Shift:

• Evening shift
• Night shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Restaurant experience: 1 year (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Night Shift (Required)

Work Location: In person