Prep Cook for Banquets at Northwood Club

Northwood Club was established in 1946, we are a premier country club located in Dallas, Texas. Our staff is a wide range of professionals who are well recognized in areas of Tennis, Golf and Culinary. The club does an annual revenue of 3.2 million in food and beverage. The club provides all the facilities and events that professionals or families need to entertain, socialize and recreate. 

We are currently looking for a prep cook who will be responsible for execution prep for banquet events. Must be able to work in a team-oriented, high-volume guest-centric environment to provide an exceptionally distinctive member experience. Reliable attendance, strong organization, and ability to follow direction are important. Must be able to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

Essential Duties:

• Prepare salads, desserts, platters, sauces, sandwiches, garnishes, and other banquet prep items
• Follow prep lists, recipes, and labeling
• Ensure proper food safety and sanitation standards to ensure member safety.
• Assist with banquet plating, setup, and breakdown
• Maintain a clean, organized work area
• Support the kitchen team during high-volume events and tournaments
• Prepare high quality food items to order for our members.
• Follow recipe and presentation guidelines to meet or exceed members' expectations.
• Meeting special member requests while ensuring same high-quality standards
• Maintains flexibility to take on new and different tasks as directed by the Department Manager/Supervisor.
• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
• Attend staff meetings when required.

Education/Experience: High school education; or up to two years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous banquets, hotel, country club, or high-volume kitchen preferred.

Language Skills: May be required to read banquet event orders and recipes. Must be able to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills: May be required: to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Use measuring methods.

Reasoning Ability: May be required: to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one and two step instructions; to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Physical Demands: Frequently stands and walks; uses hands to finger, feels or handle; reach with hands and arms. Consistent use of kitchen equipment and knives. Occasionally stoops, kneels, crawls, crouches, sits, talks or hears. Regularly lifts up to 25 pounds and occasionally lifts up to 50 pounds.

Vision Requirements: Regularly uses close, distance, color, and peripheral vision as well as depth perception. Ability to adjust focus.

Environment/Noise: Frequently works in hot and humid conditions (non-weather) and near stoves and ovens. Regularly works in extreme heat (non-weather). Noise level is moderate.

Certificates/Licenses: Must be at least age 18. Certifications in City of Dallas Food Safety, Certified Culinarian preferred but not required.

Job Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Preferences:

• Ability to read and speak English may be required in order to perform the duties of the job (e.g. the employee may be required to communicate with English speaking members or co-workers, the manuals for equipment the employee may use are in English). Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus.
• Basic knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment such as slicers, fryers, flat tops, grills, mixers, and vacuum sealers preferred.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.